And my point was, there's no empirical evidence that formula feeding is harmful.

It's actually providing some counter-balance to the overwhelming pressure to breastfeed. My baby is six months, I just stopped nursing, so believe me, the pressure is enormous. It's like saying, "Why don't we have white history month?" Because, dude, we KNOW. We're supposed to breastfeed.

Eh. I agree with you on all points, but sometimes it really is "all or nothing." The past two kids, my first one had an inability to latch, and my second one was the size of an army truck, with an appetite to match. In both cases, we had to supplement with bottles, and once they realize that sucking on a bottle…

The arguments are not the same, because there are no groups of formula-fed children with severe health-related problems. Unless you live in areas without access to clean water, you'll be fine.

I agree with you in that in many respects, the women who are going out there and making fools of themselves shouldn't be surprised. However, the real crux of the article in Jezebel is the following:

There's women's synchronized diving? Artistic gymnastics? Other countries besides for USA, Russia, China, France, and Romania?

I don't know him personally, but he's on video with his account of what happened, and it's damning. His thought processes are, at the very least, bizarre, and at the worst, made up in order to sound more caring than he actually was. But he does say something important in his statement, which is - no matter what his…

What about that father's actions indicate that he cared at all about his child?

Google it. There's a YouTube video floating around where he says on camera that he was worried that the baby's head would get shot, so he decided to leave him on the floor instead and leave, because his adult male frame was obviously a smaller target than his four-month old baby's head. It also doesn't explain why…

True story: I lived in the Bronx. I was pregnant, in early days, and I nearly fainted on a long line at a local Kmart. I just saw black and fell to the ground, but stopped short of actually passing out. I was just sitting there, on the floor, head in stooped position. People walked over me to get ahead in line.

It's sad that your choice is to be a jerk. Sometimes the unborn aren't the only pollutants.

Yes. I'm all surprised at the "Don't judge!" from the commenters. I'd be happy to judge this guy based on his own words. The man said, on video, that he made a conscious decision to leave his infant behind, because his tiny head could stick out or something and be shot while he was leaving the theater. So he…

I think that, in this case, cultural and societal pressures are warranted. We should love spending time with our children. That doesn't mean we should all quit our jobs, but children need nurturing, and if more of us demanded flex time, family leave, vacation time, and normal quitting times in order to spend time…

I wish the best list had included a man writing a "how to" on how to be a father. It's sorely lacking, these days.

Oh, so me loving my children and wanting to spend more time with them is just a pesky indoctrination a la Clockwork Orange, where I've been insidiously brainwashed into being a loving person?

Any woman who fled the scene, leaving her young children and babies behind, should be mocked. But no woman did.

Excellent points. I remember when someone here on Jezebel said something patronizing about parenting, like, "If it's so great, why don't men want to do it?"

I will say this: Ounce for ounce, breastmilk was more expensive than formula. That hospital grade pump was about $60-$80 a month, and I still had to supplement with formula. I also had a corporate job that allowed me to take time and pump. If I had still been teaching full time, this wouldn't have been possible. …

Well, considering that the other male "how tos" are how to sharpen a pencil and ride a bike, one would think that the men are getting the short end of the stick here.

Your statement has so many fallacies, it's difficult to address the hubris in them all.