In a message dated 11/30/98 10:14:10 PM Eastern Standard Time,
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>  recently tried another tactic. Found about 10 Ba-- Wi-- books at Wal--rt
>  and talked to the woman who is supervisor for the baby dept. I shared with
>  her some of the concerns many of us have, offered articles on the subject,
>  and she is going to talk to the distributor of baby care books to try and
>  get rid of them. She has my name to contact me if the distributor wants
>  information. I'll give them a few weeks and check it out again.
>  Mary A. Banaszewski RN, IBCLC
>  Hastings, MN
>

I think that this is unlikely to be effective because a simple "difference in
philosophy" isn't enough (and shouldn't be enough) to get books "banned" from
bookstores. Also, bookstores and distributors make oodles of money on these
books. A much better tactic is to make your local bookstore aware (or e-mail
Barnes and Noble, Borders and Amazon) hat these are *religious* books that
belong in the *religion* section. Even the "secular" versions of Ezzo's books
are thinly veiled attempts to foist his religious worldview on parents who
have no idea what the philosophical underpinnings of his childcare guidance
is. Sort of like if the Hare Krishnas wrote a parenting book and bookstores
didn't make parents aware of its source.

Katie Allison Granju
Knoxville, TN