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Summary: Excellent Advice and Guidance
Review: The concepts discussed are useful and wise. We have 2 children and have used these ideas successfully. Mr. Ezzo is unfairly attacked by people who have jumped on a bandwagon. Read the book yourself. Very few of the criticisms are warranted.In reality, our society would be much better off if the ideas suggested in this book became widely accepted.
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Summary: This book is most impractical.
Review: I doubt the writer of this one ever had a child. If he did I feel very sorry for it.
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Summary: A horrible, dangerous book.
Review: Please do not fall for this book. Parents of young babies are vulnerable to all kinds of things, we're often sleep deprived and totally bewildered by our new baby. This book preys on such insecurities. Many children have been hospitalized because their parents followed this book. Babywise is nothing but a lesson in hatred. It is a step by step guide for alienating your children and causing them physical and emotional harm.
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Summary: The proof is in the pudding
Review: The children I know who were raised according the Ezzos' principles are contented and well disciplined, while those I know of who have been raised according to the Sears' method are rambunctious and often out of control, though also happy (so long as they get their way!). I know of at least two sets of parents who have converted from the Sears' philosophy (which seems to be very appealing) to the Ezzos' philosophy. And I know of other parents who started out with the Ezzos' philosophy, who have wonderful, loving, playful, and obedient kids. You can read reviews of people who make false claims about the Ezzos, such as saying their method is based on "convenience" (this is merely an example of setting up a strawman and tearing it down; obviously no loving parent believes that convenience is a guiding principle in parenting, much less the Ezzos) or you can find parents who followed the two approaches and look at their kids. I encourage you not to take my word or anyone else's word for it: look at the results of these philosophies and see for yourself. Aren't your kids worth it?
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Summary: For weak minded people who want a pet or accessory.
Review: People are recommending this book based on sleep and feeding alone and conveniently forgetting that THIS BOOK ADVOCATES CHILD ABUSE! Gary Ezzo and the "Ezzoites" advocate beginning to slap at children and make them use "hand signals". It is like some victorian throwback to "children should be seen and not heard" If obedience is your bag and you find sublimating your own needs to your babys for a few months to much - perhaps you should just get a dog instead? Parenting is a privelege, not a right, and reading some of these reviews it sounds like the supporters of this style of parenting simply want to have a child but make it fit into their lives as seamlessly as possible as if they really didn't have a child at all! Gary Ezzo has been disowned by his own church and the doctor who was purported to original co-author this book has now admitted he had next to nothing to do with it beyond lending his name to get it published initially. It is not based on medical advice. My God people - if you are interested in sleep training try Dr. Ferber - at least he isn't advocating child abuse - hitting babies and toddlers - in next chapter. How anyone can admit they liked this book with a "oh you just have to pick and choose" attitude and dismissing the damage done by supporting a child abuser like Ezzo is beyond me. As for "oh my child is thriving!" Did you know the babies of the Manson family were also quite well adjusted at age 1 and 2? What's your point? Wait until they are 25 then start proclaiming how "succesful" your parenting was from the child's point of view - not just your own.
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Summary: Baby Wise is great place to start
Review: I think Baby Wise is a great book. I have used the parent directed feeding with my first child who is now 4 months old. she has been sleepling through the night since she was 9 weeks old. My husband and I have taken the directions from the Ezzo's and have adapted it for our daughter. I think that is the key to using this book. Flexability in your routine is what has worked for my family. I have recomended this book to several friends and family. And I will continue to recomend it to everyone that has or is going to have a baby!
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Summary: God must be Appalled
Review: I am an extremely religious Christian Mother and I am sickened by what "Baby Wise" teaches. If you would like to read a truly Biblical book on Christian parenting, please try "The Complete Book of Christian Parenting and Child Care" by William and Martha Sears. It is based *strongly* in The Bible and is filled with great scriptural references that I have found very helpful and encouraging. "Christian Parenting and Child Care" is truly GOD'S WAY, and it is fantastic. My daugher is a blessing to be with, a joy to all who meet her, and I constantly receive compliments on how well behaved, friendly, and charming she is. I would be Afraid and Ashamed to meet my Lord and Savior on Judgement Day had I abused the children he intrusted into my care in the way that BabyWise suggests. I only hope that God Almighty has more mercy and love for Gary Ezzo than Gary Ezzo has for helpless infants [for Ezzo's sake]. Thank God that Christ didn't decide to take the Convenient way out.
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Summary: This book is extremely BAD for children & their parents
Review: As someone who teaches infant and newborn care in a local hospital, I encourage anyone who is thinking of using this book to do some research first. Some of the practices encouraged in this book are being proven to be *dangerous* to babies by all the new "cutting edge" studies. Most of the other practices advocated in this book, if not dangerous, are just bad parenting. I read this book because it was recommended to me by my instructors as something I should read to know what NOT to do with infants and babies. Please do your child a favor and skip this one. Read "The Baby Book" by Dr. William Sears [who is being widely supported by the newest research into baby's brain and emotional development, as well as general physical well being]. Or check out "Attachment Parenting" by Granju. This book it a quick fix for "convenient" baby care which will eventually lead to some really unhappy families. There is no "Easy Way Out" with parenting - you either do it right [which might be a little inconvenient at times - buy why have a child if you want convenience? Get a fish!] or you spend the rest of your child's life making up for past mistakes and trying to do damage control [probably unsuccessfully]. The happiest, healthiest, most WELL BEHAVED children I know are the ones whose parents used Attachment Parenting. PLEASE think long and hard before you buy into this "easy answer" method of screwing up kids. I promise you and your child will be happier if you do.
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Summary: The ONLY book I ever threw out...
Review: I think it is sacrilegeous to throw out books but this one went in the garbage. I am very open minded when it comes to parenting approaches but this book is horribly one-sided and biased. He uses very extreme examples of other approaches to prove his point and it just looks ridiculous. Before you read this book, do yourself a favor and read more about Ezzo and his viewpoints. Scary stuff!
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Summary: Try attachment parenting instead
Review: Before you commit to this dangerous and misguided book, you should compare it to the alternatives. Check out the book, "Attachment Parenting: Instinctive Care for Your Baby and Young Child" by Katie Allison Granju and "Our Babies, Ourselves" by Meredith Small. Why would a parent want to allow her baby to cry and go hungry simply out of convenience? The only thing this will teach your baby is not to trust anyone.
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