The recent headline regarding the shortage of infant formula read. “Local moms scrambling to feed babies” (The Herald, May 18) Oh really? So the dads are indifferent to their child’s nutritional needs?
Why couldn’t the headline have been: “Local parents scrambling to feed babies”? We are a long ways from gender parity in this country. And it doesn’t help when headlines perpetuate the myth that only moms know how to care for their babies and children. Unless something has changed recently it still takes both a sperm and an egg to create a baby. If I were a dad I’d be mighty tired of being left out the equation. And a lot moms are mighty tired of taking on more than their share of responsibility. You must do better in the future.
Laura Ballard
Edmonds
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