I can't imagine anyone wanting to force feed a baby so is it, as this lady seems to imply, culturally acceptable in Ghana or elswhere? Seems an obvious way to harm a baby to most of us I'm sure.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-15270268
And she is a nurse! 😯
No, but being stupid and judgemental seems to be quite common, the world over, fancy that !
she is a nurse!
Why does that surprise you? Culture is a very strong influence on someone's life choices. Regardless of if they are right or wrong.
Just look the STW massive buying 29in singlespeeds for example!
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OP don't you know what's off topic on STW yet...basically if it can be found in the DM you must ignore it and pretend it doesn't exist. You must NOT have an opinion
The road to STW cultural and political enlightenment is long but in time you will learn
It surprises me because im a health professional too! I hope it always will bloody surprise me, and that I dont become so cynical as to believe culture wins out over common sense! Her mother obviuosly didnt force feed her lungs til they were overflowing! How could any mother feed her child until it chokes and carry on?
when I went to the weaning class with my eldest child a parent was giving her daughter a feed of milk [ from a bottle] the bottle was huge and the baby kept just puking it back up.
None of the health visitors said anything and I challenged them on this afterwards and they seemed to think it was her choice to do this. This is not a racial point she was white and only a teenager so I thought she was well meaning but out her depth tbh.
i worked with an elderly gentleman who used to inhale liquidise food - it was obvious when this happened and it was even more obvious when he caught pneumonia
It is shocking she was a nurse.
No, but being stupid and judgemental seems to be quite common, the world over, fancy that !
I don't see how anyone was stupid or unjustifiably judgemental in this case.
"unjustifiably judgemental" now that's a cosy little oxymoron for the Daily Mail readers. As if it's OK to be judgemental if you have good cause then ? The nature of being judgemental is that it is never justifiable.
I mean the inference that her country of origin is the root cause of her mistreating her baby, when she might just be stupid, or perhaps her mother was too, and that happens to all nationalities.
I asked the question really as she's using her cultural backgrouns as a defence but I haven't seen anything to suggest that it is valid. The idea of anyone doing this to a baby is appalling to most of us but it happened and I don't suppose she was trying to hurt it - even if the poor thing was doing it's best to fight back.
Hels you have issues.
Do you beat yourself?
The nature of being judgemental is that it is never justifiable
funny.
I read the first couple of lines and couldn't read any more. Anything to do with child pain or death makes me very emotional.
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