Mum, Andrea Scannell took her children to a summer lunch programme at a Utah middle school in the US recently, and was outraged by a letter she later received.
The letter was written by school principal, Mike Monson, and read: “I am writing to express concern that has been raised by multiple patrons. The concern is with the exposed breastfeeding of your baby. While I understand the importance of a baby being breastfed, I would hope you would also use discretion in exposure ... I would kindly ask that you find a way to discreetly feed the baby, whether with a small blanket or in a more private area, while the lunch program is taking place.”
The mum opened up about the incident, saying: “This kind of shaming, this kind of bullying, it prevents other breastfeeding women from going out in public, from feeding their baby.”
Andrea’s husband later uploaded an image of the offending letter to the social media site, Reddit, where it has since gone viral.
