tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31180029.post3451428795470114558..comments2024-03-16T14:18:11.330-04:00Comments on peaceful parenting: Detroit Mother Ordered Off the Bus for Nursing Her NewbornUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger77125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31180029.post-82680494821294181322017-06-30T14:20:23.944-04:002017-06-30T14:20:23.944-04:00You don't think it takes courage to stand up f...You don't think it takes courage to stand up for your rights when no one in a crowd of people around you seems aware of those rights? When a person in a power position is manipulating that captive crowd of people to see *you* as the problem and the reason they will now possibly get in trouble with their employers? I think it does. <br /><br />It's not especially cowardly people who don&#Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13423192126239154516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31180029.post-31423694830810622532013-08-30T13:36:20.884-04:002013-08-30T13:36:20.884-04:00It's not that she's especially couragous, ...It's not that she's especially couragous, it's that people who don't stand up for their rights are especially cowardly. Thank goodness some people are normal.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31180029.post-51621900635826211352011-07-30T00:14:43.365-04:002011-07-30T00:14:43.365-04:00She and her children are beautiful and she was abs...She and her children are beautiful and she was absolutely correct in everything she did. I would like to believe that I would have done the same thing, but I probably would have broken down crying.MamaMunkyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09882954920258069443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31180029.post-57516808336301893392011-07-21T09:56:44.091-04:002011-07-21T09:56:44.091-04:00You are so articulate and tell this story so well....You are so articulate and tell this story so well. You are perfectly diplomatic....never losing your cool while holding your ground. I never would have been able to hold it together like that, especially at two weeks postpartum. Good for you and I'm so sorry that your little girl had to watch her mother get treated so poorly.Erin Leigh Peckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02890761111790113308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31180029.post-12087630753116127612011-07-16T04:34:44.351-04:002011-07-16T04:34:44.351-04:00I was a 19 year old mother, timid about everything...I was a 19 year old mother, timid about everything except my right to breastfeed in public. I would tell anyone off if they wanted me to stop nursing my child. Strangers, family, friends you name it. They wished that they had never brought the subject up after I got through with them. One night at childrens hospital a attendant(a woman) came into our room at 2 in the morning and told me to coveraprilracine detroitnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31180029.post-40349686400681265942011-07-08T20:32:47.266-04:002011-07-08T20:32:47.266-04:00Wow this is terrible. Breast feeding should be alo...Wow this is terrible. Breast feeding should be aloud anywhere! I hope you keep with the fight sister, Keep on doin what your doin :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31180029.post-55360984729757708642011-07-08T14:49:54.587-04:002011-07-08T14:49:54.587-04:00Hi sorry Moon :( my own sister is a nurse and to...Hi sorry Moon :( my own sister is a nurse and told me how "disgusting " i was to want to breastfeed then actually do it. she called me Gross , disgusting ,you name it . <br />funny my children aren't bouncing off the walls so to speak like hers do , could be parenting also but in my heart I know the difference. <br />over 90% of breast fed children dont have issues . best of luck Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31180029.post-83802950610065741992011-07-07T12:21:15.361-04:002011-07-07T12:21:15.361-04:00Approximately 2 years ago my family and I visited ...Approximately 2 years ago my family and I visited a local Buffalo Wild Wings restaurant for dinner, my daughter at that time was about 6 months old. We had picked the kids up from the daycare and went to the local home improvement store , we hadn't planned the trip so the diaper bag was still at home. We decided to take our kids out to dinner since it was getting late( we have 4 total). We Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31180029.post-28861375683038127442011-07-04T16:23:06.494-04:002011-07-04T16:23:06.494-04:00Thank You! for stand up. for the law and what was ...Thank You! for stand up. for the law and what was right. But NOT once did the Smart Bus Co.<br /> Apologize to the Young Mother. If it was the Law and they knew this. Apologize to her. And let the other young women get the right training.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31180029.post-7921712611525383762011-07-04T09:05:05.346-04:002011-07-04T09:05:05.346-04:00Thank you for setting an example for all moms and ...Thank you for setting an example for all moms and companies that the baby is the most important person in this situation. Breast milk is best. No one can argue this. 30 yrs ago my husband and I went to dinner with our newborn. I did have her covered, and they sat us in a back room away from everyone until another family came in. When the Mother realized I was nursing she made a scene (afraid her Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31180029.post-41598964686611230912011-07-03T12:44:46.593-04:002011-07-03T12:44:46.593-04:00Thank you for standing up for all of us nursing mo...Thank you for standing up for all of us nursing moms. I know it probably won't happen, but I wish the ignorant b__ch would lose her job! How awful for you to have to go through that!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31180029.post-69754884675703991242011-07-02T20:49:15.069-04:002011-07-02T20:49:15.069-04:00some of you really need to read the article better...some of you really need to read the article better. the bus driver was a WOMAN, not a man.mariellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09926441360670398890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31180029.post-52218933992135738642011-07-02T14:58:26.577-04:002011-07-02T14:58:26.577-04:00"This activity" good lord. As horrendous..."This activity" good lord. As horrendous as it is that this happened, I'm so glad it happened to a woman with such strength and confidence. She knew her rights, she stood up for herself and her baby, an when it was done she brought the incident to the public's attention. Like a PP said, she makes me PROUD to be a woman, a mother, and a public breast feeder. I bet she has Cassiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02959980648553457975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31180029.post-39556105861253323052011-07-01T20:07:50.412-04:002011-07-01T20:07:50.412-04:00GOOD MOMMA.... you tell them!GOOD MOMMA.... you tell them!tanya1111https://www.blogger.com/profile/03260204115411215808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31180029.post-28457108433304479902011-07-01T18:58:14.868-04:002011-07-01T18:58:14.868-04:00I hope someone contacted the Mall, too for a comme...I hope someone contacted the Mall, too for a comment and apologies. What were their Security doing on the bus asking Ms.Moon to leave? They apparently need a refresher of the law too. Good for her for knowing and standing up for her rights!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31180029.post-78519037633930300902011-07-01T17:10:09.395-04:002011-07-01T17:10:09.395-04:00She's a hero for all of us, and a champion for...She's a hero for all of us, and a champion for our babies. I hope I have half as much courage as she does if I ever have to face down that kind of ignorance.Dharma Mamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13301389503275982793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31180029.post-44442276380262212822011-06-30T23:33:17.346-04:002011-06-30T23:33:17.346-04:00this was an outrageous occurence-that bus driver n...this was an outrageous occurence-that bus driver needs to apologize and be fired, plus the company and police need to apologize to Moon. She was feeding the baby the best and most natural way.besides it was legal. <br />I breastfed four kids for 3 years.<br />After all this is America-land of the FREE.<br />They were treating her like the blacks were treated in the sixties-(even the stroller had Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31180029.post-1456176924839653962011-06-30T15:42:47.018-04:002011-06-30T15:42:47.018-04:00I live in St. Louis and I filed a complaint on the...I live in St. Louis and I filed a complaint on the SMART bus web site for you, too. That is unbelievable. They need a comprehensive training program for all employees - drivers, dispatchers, security, floor sweepers -- everyone. I am so very sorry this happened to you, but thankful you stood your ground. Good job, Mommy!!!NikkiRMZhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04366605518867575645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31180029.post-1075391867117746942011-06-30T15:33:03.491-04:002011-06-30T15:33:03.491-04:00This kind of stuff really angers me,breastfeeding ...This kind of stuff really angers me,breastfeeding a baby is so natural. society sees nothing wrong with using breasts to sell beer yet they do when it comes to the most natural way to feed our babies. Grow up people.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31180029.post-6855161264515631502011-06-30T15:32:15.306-04:002011-06-30T15:32:15.306-04:00Thank you, Moon. I pray thousands show up for you...Thank you, Moon. I pray thousands show up for your nurse in.NikkiRMZhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04366605518867575645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31180029.post-80518759632916601362011-06-30T15:30:39.970-04:002011-06-30T15:30:39.970-04:00Wow, what a great role model and mother!! I am so...Wow, what a great role model and mother!! I am sorry for the harassment that she faced, but so proud that she stood up for her rights to feed her baby. It is shameful that this should happen to a nursing Mom.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31180029.post-14711038436916683662011-06-30T10:10:35.320-04:002011-06-30T10:10:35.320-04:00Here is what my message to the company said:
I am...Here is what my message to the company said:<br /><br />I am writing in concern of the incident that took place on the 275 SMART Bus from Meijer in Taylor, north to Pontiac, in which the young mother with two small children was harassed by one of your drivers, a Ms. Darcell. I know you have placed the driver on leave, but really, how is giving her PAID leave going to teach her that she can't ~Sherie~https://www.blogger.com/profile/09814513604726932223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31180029.post-9658902614201116552011-06-30T10:04:01.409-04:002011-06-30T10:04:01.409-04:00I submitted a complaint form. Hopefully, they'...I submitted a complaint form. Hopefully, they'll do the right thing. The driver is getting paid for not even working, what does that say? They need to fire her, she broke both state and federal law and should not get away with it! If it were me, I'd sue both the driver and the company.~Sherie~https://www.blogger.com/profile/09814513604726932223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31180029.post-40668287717093831672011-06-30T06:07:27.426-04:002011-06-30T06:07:27.426-04:00Outrageous! Good for her to stand up to such haras...Outrageous! Good for her to stand up to such harassment. I am American but live in Germany and I breastfed my baby in restaurants, park benches, a lawn behind a church, wherever! No one ever gave me a hard time. I do hope the tides turn in the States. Brave, beautiful woman!jadamsmassmannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00229646750960120059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31180029.post-50858832981612049052011-06-30T02:48:37.452-04:002011-06-30T02:48:37.452-04:00Rosa Parks and Afrykayn Moon. Thank God we have co...Rosa Parks and Afrykayn Moon. Thank God we have courageous women willing to take a stand for human rights in our country.Hovawarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06903777430517205843noreply@blogger.com