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Quality parenting is just not entertaining enough. As long as reality television continues to abound, the only parenting tips on offer will be from those we should be readily dismissing:

The hotly debated practice of breastfeeding beyond infancy has earned itself a close-up investigation as part of a new reality television show.

Extreme Parenting will look at a range of America’s kookiest parenting rituals, shedding a spotlight further on the much-hyped arguments for and against weaning your child after the age of one.

The show, created by the team behind Bridezillas and Dance Moms, picks up where Jamie Lynne Grumet left off in the debate when she graced the cover of Time magazine with her four-year-old son latched onto her breast.

Jeff Collins, president of Collins Avenue Productions, who is developing the show  told Yahoo! Shine: ‘That cover proves what I’ve been saying for the last year – America has become a country of extremes.

Of course there is a place for serious discussions about breastfeeding and attachment parenting, but unfortunately you are unlikely to get it from this show.

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