This article had me reeling also. What is depressing is that so many parents in this country see a "bestselling" label and swallow this crap down without asking "why?". The Rosemond reply about the centrality of the marriage gives him away; he wants his wife to himself. Don't we see this a lot? I picture Ezzo, Rosemond, BabyWhisperer Hogg, and Marilu Henner (who *refuses* to raise a brat) shaking thier fingers at anyone who will listen and shouting "Don't let that baby inconvenience you in ANY way!!!" -- their weakness lies in their *reactinary* stance against the (so-called) sacrifices of parenthood, and i have faith that that is also what will make them all "here today, gone tomorrow" (Heck, Ezzo is already being ousted!) But I have been optimistic lately. What I am looking for is a succinct, proactive verbal-Aikido style way to get parents thinking about their choices when I hear these ideas during intake. Michelle DePesa *********************************************** The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html