I'm not a mom, or a dad. In fact I am a single 18 year old male
I was the only one amongst my siblings that were breastfed. From reading posts, from magazines/book, from school, and personal observation, breastfeeding is a component to raising a healthy child. It's not the only thing, but can be a big factor if other things are lacking. All my siblings have allergies, but usually don't have any problems. I've also read many things that points to breast milk being important in the development of the brain in early childhood. My parents tell me that as children, I was always the one that learned the fastest and the most.
I see breastfeeding as something important in growing babies; or why else would it be in nature? Synthetic chemicals can never reproduce such a complex mixture of nutrients. When I have kids, I would hope my wife would be someone willing to breastfeed since I would only want the best for my kids. Just my two cents.
-Robert