I understand what you are saying, backformore, and I wasn't referring specifically to you (for the record). I just hate that the mom is portrayed that way. If the portrayal was more realistic, we would have been shown the child asking for nursing (most children will ask when they are upset) and therefore, she'd be shown to be responding to her child's needs. We'd also be shown more conversations with the child where his misbehavior would have been addressed and used as teaching moments. But all that is shown is her nursing, thus setting up her portrayal as someone who is using the nursing as a crutch. We are not shown enough of their parenting to even begin to judge them, but most people are going to judge away anyway. Also, maybe there is a psychological problem with this child that hasn't been diagnosed yet - autism, adhd, etc. Just because a child acts out is not an indication of bad parenting, but everyone will judge it as such.