'Has anyone even MET a baby?!': Breastfeeding clothing company sparks controversy for encouraging moms to bring their kids to work

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Ally Perry • Writer and Editor
Apr 3, 2024 3:00 PM EDT

It's no secret that there are many difficult parts to being a parent. This is especially true if you're a mom. In these modern times, one of the most stressful things about it has to be balancing the personal and the professional—most people need to work if they want to keep their kids clothed and fed, but work often doesn't want to help that much when it comes to the childcare aspect of this.

Some companies claim that they are willing to offer solutions, but they frequently don't impress. This is what happened with one "woman-friendly" business that sells apparel for those who are breastfeeding, who advertised how they allowed their employees to bring their young children to work. While some parents mused that they could see the appeal, others insisted that it was a disaster waiting to happen. Let's be real, it's not like children are synonymous with productivity.

 

 

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    Lucy Huber @clhubes Follow This is so dystopian to me. This "women friendly" company is bragging that they let moms bring their babies to work and simply work WITH your baby. Meanwhile they still only give 3months of mat leave. This is just making women do two jobs at once, one unpaid.
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    LATCHED latchedmama MAMA Suggested for you Follow "You can't let employees bring babies to the office..it just won't work"
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    LATCHED MAMA latchedmama Suggested for you Follow 10 years later
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    LATCHED latchedmama MAMA liliduque. Original audio 10 years later & it is still working Follow
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    SCDC @SCDC87.22h Replying to @clhubes Seems like it would actually be better for babies to be cared for by people who will be solely focused on them and their needs vs. harried moms trying to work at the same time. Especially by crawling/walking age ❝here, just chill in the corner!" seems worse than daycare?? 5 176 942 ili 22.5K Lucy Huber @clhubes 21h Yes! That one kid is too big to be stuffed in a playpen all day!
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    NDC @Fadingbubbles · 1d Replying to @clhubes Absolutely This is a great idea if it's done after a year of maternity leave! 271 64 ili 15.1K Lucy Huber @clhubes 1d I think it's great as a backup but who wants to work and watch a one year old at the same time all day???
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    Steven Lucy @slucy • 18h Replying to @clhubes It's not realistic for most businesses to offer a year of paid parental leave without government support. 18 ılı 6.8K Lucy Huber @clhubes 18h • I'm more commenting on the fact that they're acting like it's a benefit of the company, when really they're not doing anything more than most companies and if anything, the culture of the company becomes "if you hire childcare you're a bad parent bc you COULD bring them to work"
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    MamaBratt@katie_bratt • 20h Replying to @clhubes I get everyone's gripes about it, but it would have saved us so much money! I would have sucked it up and done it just to save money. 27 34 ili 7.4K Lucy Huber @clhubes 18h • For me, that's part of the problem. The culture becomes "You have this option so suck it up and do it", and if you don't...you're the bad parent who sent their kid to daycare.
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    Adam Webster @RunningforBaby - 18h Replying to @clhubes Do you mean 3 weeks? Three months of leave is about 15 weeks. Is that really too little in your opinion? 14 2 ili 4K Lucy Huber @clhubes 18h Yes I think it's too little, especially for a company that makes breastfeeding clothes.
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    katie @nonobow13 - 20h Replying to @clhubes Is that the only "baby safe" space in the entire office? In quotes because there's way too much plastic in reach for me
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    chaos robot @deestiv⚫21h Replying to @clhubes Yeah like unless they're providing legit onsite childcare during the workday and you can pop in when you need to feed or have a break, you might as well just be a WFHM at that point.
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    Charly @zplerhop ⚫ 23h Replying to @clhubes I think jobs where you can effectively work with kids present are few and far between, but if I had a job offer me onsite childcare | would have moved heaven and earth to work there
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    the irreducible @anguilline . 1d Replying to @clhubes Problem is that some of us work for places that just make you stay home and lose the pay, or the job, if we don't come in. Most people don't have the luxury of options. It's hard not to be grateful for peanuts when you're fed a steady diet of nothing. It is dystopian as btw
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    H @HJB3996 · 23h Replying to @clhubes I remember reading about a place where you could bring your kids and everyone would mind each other's kids if they werr in meetings etc. So not only would you be taking care of your own kids at work but you'd be taking care of other people's kids. No thanks.
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    e Can Do SarahJ @Red ElvisFan. 23h Replying to @clhubes and @LOLGOP Having had to "watch the baby for minute, I'm running out for coffee" it's not a picnic for the coworkers either.
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    Pamela J. Hobart @amelapay ⚫ 21h Replying to @clhubes That is a breastfeeding wear company, they are probably all “attachment” parenting and genuinely want to do this. I agree I wouldn't want to either sounds like literal torture
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    avalon @aaaaaaavalon 11h I worked at a place like this and I can tell you it is so much harder. you end up half-assing both work and parenting but because it's "supporting mothers" you're made to feel like it not working is your fault
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    @Chicken Face1 .9h I think if my mother was forced to work alongside babies in her office she would catch a murder charge in a month Imfaoo
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    ESTICBO LassSquatchTM @lannytee 9h • Jesus Christ. The solution to employing mothers is not babies at work. Has anyone ever even MET a baby?! I have school aged children and still cannot get any meaningful work done when they're anywhere nearby. This country is a joke.
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    PIZZA pinko machinist Follow FESES @pinko_machinist That pic of a play pen surrounded by orders is breaking my heart
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