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Time Magazine Breastfeeding Cover: Local Doctor Weighs in on the Debate

The cover images of Time magazine has proved to be controversial, sparking a debate over child-raising methods.

Time magazine's lastest cover shows a mother, Jamie Lynn Grumet, breast-feeding her three-year-old son, an image that has prompted discussion over various child-raising methods and practices such as 'attachment parenting.'

Encino doctor Dr. JJ Levenstein, a general pediatrician in private practice in Encino for over 20 years and a fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics, has weighed in on the issue on the website for radio station 89.3 KPCC.

Click here to hear audio of the discussion on the radio station website.

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