Reply #111: Educate instead of confront

[MUSTANG_2004]

While it can be difficult when dealing with obnoxious busy-bodies, you might want to deflect them with a comment like "I know it's unusual in the U.S., but it has so many health benefits that we'd feel terrible if we deprived our child."

Although my wife prefers, but has never gotten to use, "I understand your discomfort, and, as a result, I'll make every attempt to wean her before she starts college."