Second Editorial Piece

Mother Breastfeeds and Talks on Cell Phone While Driving

By Emily Scott

Seventy-seven percent of mothers in the United States breastfeed their newborn babies.
While some states have outlawed breastfeeding in public, most places you will still find mother's nursing their babies in stores, parks and other public facilities. But have you ever seen them breastfeeding while driving the car? Such was the case with Genine Compton, an Ohio woman who was caught both breastfeeding her child and talking on the phone while taking her other kids to school.
Another driver spotted Compton breastfeeding and talking on her cell phone and called police, according to a story from Dayton Daily News.com. The driver “reported that he also witnessed the woman driving a Honda minivan into the parking lot of a local school and saw some children get out of the van. The man then got the van's license plate number and called police," Dayton Daily News. com.
Compton admitted to police that she was breastfeeding her child. Compton said, “She doesn’t deprive her child when the child is hungry,” according to a story from Dayton Daily News.com.
Compton has been charged with first-degree misdemeanor of child endangering and minor misdemeanor for unlawfully restraining her child.
If found guilty Compton could face up to 180 days in jail and a fine up to $1,800.
When I first read this story I couldn’t believe it and started laughing. I thought how stupid could you be to know that you don’t breastfeed while you drive.
First of all if this stupid lady had any sense at all she would have fed her child before she left the house or would have waited until she got back home. If she knew she was going to go gone for longer then she should have packed a bottle. Where is this mother’s common sense at? Any normal parent with common sense would know to feed their child before leaving the house. The child would not have starved to death in the short amount of time it takes for parents to get their kids to school and back home.
Second of all, this idiot lady should have pulled over her car if she was so persistent on having to feed her child right then and there. It is so dangerous out on the roads today as it is with drivers talking on the cell phone and texting while driving and not paying full attention to the road much less having some crazy lady out their trying to breastfeed while driving.
This is just flat out not acceptable. This lady doesn’t seem to realize that she is not only putting her child’s life at risk, but her life and the lives of everyone else around her on the road at risk. It just doesn’t make sense to me.