Jason Weiser
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His mother didn't understand.'
Well, I'm 21 years old, Vitasco replied.
And it's true.
His mother had been breastfeeding him for 21 years.
Being her only son, Vitasco had a lot of expectations placed upon him.
When she looked on her baby boy...
she had reportedly whispered to herself, he shall be a hero, and his name shall be Vitasco the Victorious.
The gateway to heroism was, apparently, breastfeeding.
a lot of breastfeeding.
One of my previous professional lives was in pediatric hospital medicine as a researcher, and breastfeeding is really good for babies.
If you choose to go that route, places like the CDC and the American Academy of Pediatrics recommend breastfeeding at least until the age of two.
There appear to be a lot of different opinions about what age to stop.
But I think we can all agree that the age of 14 is too long.
When Vitasco was 14, his mother took him out to the woods to an old beech tree and, pointing, told him to pull it up.
Vitasco looked around.
He guessed he could go back to the house and get a shovel and a pickaxe.
It would probably take him a little while, but sure, okay.
No, his mother had said, with your bare hands.
There's a quote attributed to Henry Ford that says, whether you think you can or you think you can't, you're right.