Any data on how often desperate parents steal it versus organized rings? You might read e.g.
…the "Hernandez Group" reportedly operated an organized retail theft ring for four years in California and Oregon, stealing $2.5 million in infant formula from Safeway stores until police busted the ring in December 2010, according to court documents.
Also curious about the end buyer of stolen formula. Imagine that’s often desperate parents. Maybe you’d also have some deal seekers pick it up at flea markets or something, sometimes not realizing it “fell off a truck”.
How about making formula affordable. My concern is that greed will simply jack up prices and soak up any UBI, therefore putting even more people in need of financial and food assistance.
Just a friendly reminder to mom's that it's not your fault that you can't afford to feed your infant. It's the billionaires that profit off your misery.
My wife cried tears of frustration at not being able to breastfeed her children, and still feels judged as not being a proper mother for this reason. 😟
You'd be surprised how militant the breast is best folks get.
Chill moms. Breast ,might be marginally better...bur not enough to lose even more sleep over.
Most studies of breast milk vs formula on childhood development, fail to account for socioeconomic factors that are intrinsic to it: moms who can breast feed or pump full time must either be financially secure enough to be a full-tim SAHM, or have a good enough job where the bosses make accomodations for pumping and storing instead of just firing you because at-will termination is easier than meeting regulations. Those kids come out of the womb with an automatic leg up over most families who formula feed.
Not saying their aren't wealthy/secure families that use formula, nor am I saying there aren't moms working two jobs with a baby perpetually latched to her teat. But they are outliers.
