Personally hate them, but I don't have children yet! I think it all depends on what age you get rid of them at. I have a theory that dummy suckers are more likely to get ear infections (just from my observations), speech difficulties (where allowed past one) and a variety of other things. Plus I've seen many parents who just can't get rid of them - toddlers with dummies in all day long are a real pet hate with me - especially when the child tries to talk with the dummy shoved in.