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Ezzo and Growing Families International

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To obtain a copy of an article published by the Christian Research Journal
that is critical of Growing Families International, call (949) 858-6100.&nbsp;
The aricle is carefully written and footnoted in a scholarly fashion, and
it is very interesting to read a critique that is from within the fold,
rather than from&nbsp; secular researchers.&nbsp; There are concerns about
the methods of GCI as an organization, not just about the parenting information.</LI>
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The real question for CD Maltreatment Listservers, I think, is this:&nbsp;
What is it about authoritarian, dogmatic parenting training that has such
appeal, and how can other parenting approaches reach similar audiences?&nbsp;
In light of current much-publicized incidents of school and street violence,
for example, many more parents worry that their children will be wayard,
rebellious&nbsp; or disobedient ("hot," as they say in Haiti).&nbsp; Well
meaning parents crack down on early signs of free will and independence,
which are cognitively reframed as sin, and they do not not recognize the
child's need for autonomy.</LI>
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In a sense this is a cross cultural issue.&nbsp; To restate the question,
how can the secular child development research community reach conservative,
religious, well educated&nbsp; parents with a different message about childrearing?</LI>
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