“There’s multitasking, and there’s taking leave of your senses,” said Lisa Belkin in The New York Times online. And Genine Compton, pulled over near Dayton, Ohio, last week for driving while breast-feeding her 2-year-old daughter—oh, and reportedly talking on her cell phone—probably crossed that line. Her reasoning? “If my child’s hungry, I’m going to feed it.” (Watch an interview with Compton)
I see “how it could happen,” said Nicole Villalpando in The Austin American-Statesman online. “The baby’s screaming, the older kids are going to be late to school, the phone’s ringing. What do you do?” For starters, you never unbuckle your toddler from the car seat. You pull over, feed your child, and accept that “you’re not Superwoman.”
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