Mother's Milk is for Sanggol!

Last Sunday I was able to watch a government advertisement about breastfeeding. The main message of the ad was "mother's milk is best for babies". The whole commercial focused on the analogy that animal's milk should be given to the same animal species. Examples mentioned in the ad were dog's milk is for tuta (puppy), and pig's milk is for biik (piglet). The last comparison was cow's milk is for sanggol (babies). Then, the narrator stated that babies are not hayop (animals). This commercial was quite similar to what DOH Sec. Duque stated in a television interview last month.

I know this advertisement tackles on the importance of breastfeeding to our babies, but I think the main point is not conveyed properly. The ad stresses that we are not animals; thus drinking cow's or goat's milk is not proper for us. The real question is when we get older, can we drink cow's milk? Isn't it bad to us? Well, according to the ad, yes it is not good because we are not animals. In my own humble opinion, the commercial should be done in other way rather than comparing animal's milk to man.