Hi All,
Here is my letter.  Not as short as I wanted, but shorter than I wanted, if
you catch my drift.
Jay




Dear Editor,
I just wanted to comment on the article you had about the Ezzos and their
"childrearing" philosophies.
It was so nice to read in print what I have seen and heard about all too
often, babies and children treated as if they are a problem that must be
"dealt" with rather than precious people who deserve our love and affection.
I have seen previously happy children, active and healthy, turn into sad,
sullen children who rarely smile.  I have seen babies in failure to thrive
mode as a result of scheduled breastfeedings reccommended by the Ezzos.  I
have talked with moms who have had breastfeeding fail as a result of Ezzo
feeding schedules who are told that it was something that THEY did wrong
that caused the failure, not the Ezzos rigid schedules folks are expected to
follow without question.
These people have no education in child developement, infant/child health or
infant feeding and it amazes me that other people are so quick to jump onto
their bandwagon at the expense of their childrens health (physical and
emotional).  Treating children to spatula spankings and rigidly scheduled
feedings is abominable and dangerous.  I am waiting for a court case against
the Ezzos for a childs death as a result of their preaching.
Thank you for bringing in Willaim Sears, Lawrence Gartner and Jan Barger as
experts in the field to give balanced, well educated view-points about the
Ezzos practices.  These people are bonafide experts who know more about
children and childrearing than just being parents.  More articles about the
hazards of the Ezzo philosophies should be done to make people aware of what
harm they may be doing to their children and to themselves.  The bible is
not something to be used as an excuse to starve your child, hit your child
or treat your child as if they are a problem that must be dealt with.
My children know how to say please and thank you, are very polite happy
people with a respect for all who they come into contact with, and I didn't
have to put them on rigid (dangerous) feeding schedules, hit them with
anything to make them behave, or force them to bend to my will.  I teated
them as preciouos people who deserved my love and guidance.  Now, who wants
to join my bandwagon?
Janet Simpson
Sacramento, California
Jay Simpson, CLE
Sacramento, CA
"No Miracles performed here, just a lot of love and hard work."
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