The bottom line is that we aren't in other civilizations....we are here...this is America. I'm sure that there are customs that we have here that other cultures find odd.
Each society dictates it's own "norm". I will venture out on a limb to say that the majority in our society, don't find it normal to breastfeed anything other than infants, at least not in public.
I think breastfeeding is wonderful, natural, and yes, healthy. It promotes a bonding that supercedes all others. I just don't wanna see some woman in the mall with her toddler sitting on a bench nursing him/her. When a child can