Expressing Empathy

As you might imagine, it would be simply downright creepy if someone went around approaching every breastfeeding mom out there, let alone rewarding them. So, as a general rule, don’t! If you know the mom and you know you can talk about the subject, then great. But if that’s not the situation, don’t make moms feel uncomfortable.

Kinney’s case is entirely different, though, for a good reason. You see, she never wanted to make Smith feel uncomfortable. On the contrary, she did her a solid by paying for her pizza and expressing empathy. “I teared up, I was emotional. I have breastfed for five years, on and off, and I never got such positive affirmation for what I was doing,” Smith said.