Three weeks after giving birth, I was publicly shamed for feeding my newborn at the beach. I was ready to leave in tears when my eight-year-old daughter stepped between me and the woman filming us. What Sophie asked next made every parent nearby turn and look.

Three weeks after giving birth, I took my children to the beach for the first time since Sophie’s younger brother was born.

I was feeding my newborn beneath a blanket when a stranger pointed her phone at me and called me disgusting.

I was ready to pack up and leave.

Then my eight-year-old daughter stood between us.