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WHAT MOTHER DOESN’T KNOW

A global summit reignited the debate over breastfeeding

There may be nobody as vulnerable to manipulation as a mother worried about her child’s health. The question of whether we’re doing right by our kids cuts straight to the maternal heart. The problem is that in this age of marketing vs. activism, we’re overwhelmed and paralyzed by the debates about what’s best.

It’s not surprising, then, that there was an

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