[wimpycat]

Here's the punchline of the whole article, and the whole debate on the topic, for that matter:

Although some might consider a pacifier a more socially acceptable way to comfort their child, Paul said she would prefer that her child receive comfort at her breast.

[flintsilver7]

Six year old children should need neither a pacifier nor a breast.

This brain-damaged woman is crippling her child. As somebody else pointed out, if this kid doesn’t become a shut-in playing whatever version of World of Warcraft is out in ten years, he’s going to lose every date he ever comes close to getting as soon as the girl searches his name and finds out he was still attached to the teat at 6.

[Gondring]

Much more healthy to have the kid get attached to an inanimate object, eh?