haak
04-13-2005, 06:49 PM
HI Everyone-
I posted about a week ago about meeting with our pastor. We ended up meeting with him and had a very good meeting. We talked a lot about the whole spanking thing. Although we didn' t agree on everything it went better than expected. He was shocked by what I told him I had heard goes on. He is planning on even doing some teaching on it. Anyway- all that to say we are actually looking at some other churches. We visitied one we really liked until I saw in the bulleton that GKGW was being taught. I then found the children's ministry director and asked her some questions. I caught her off guard because she said she had never even heard of the controversy. She asked me to email her the website- this is the letter I sent- sorry so long. Do you think I said it right and made the correct points?
Hi Melissa-
I spoke with you this morning in regards to the Growing Kids God's Way class offered at your church. I am sorry if I came off as rude. As you could probably see I can be quite passionate in my beliefs. I am a former educator and a stay at home mom to a toddler and a baby. I have worked with and been friends with several families who have embraced the Growing Kid's God's Way philosophy. My husband and I enjoyed your church but we were concerned when we saw that the class was being offered.
In our experience at another church when that class is offered parents taking it become quite passionate about parenting in a certain way. The title of the class alone suggests that the Ezzo approach is the way God would have a Christian parent. I think that is very sad.
I believe God gives parents the freedom to choose the parenting style that works best for their family. God also doesn't give specific instructions (high chair manners, first time obedience, the interrupt rule, feeding schedules) in the Bible for parenting because each child is so different. I believe He wants us to continually rely on Him, search the Scriptures, pray, and let the Spirit lead. The Ezzo approach does not seem to validate this. They seem to have an answer for everything.
However my greatest concern is Gary Ezzo's personal character and Christian testimony. Did you know he has been asked to leave 3 churches? Did you know he made up much of his research and his credentials? Did you know Pastor McArthur and Dr. Dobson have written statements in concern to his program? Did you know one of his adult daughters is estranged from him? Did you know he has no education in child development?
Anyway I don't mean to be long- winded. I hope you will look at this web site and share it with the pastoral staff. Thank you so much for talking with me this morning. I appreciated your friendliness and openness to researching the information. I would love to hear your feedback.
http://www.ezzo.info/
I posted about a week ago about meeting with our pastor. We ended up meeting with him and had a very good meeting. We talked a lot about the whole spanking thing. Although we didn' t agree on everything it went better than expected. He was shocked by what I told him I had heard goes on. He is planning on even doing some teaching on it. Anyway- all that to say we are actually looking at some other churches. We visitied one we really liked until I saw in the bulleton that GKGW was being taught. I then found the children's ministry director and asked her some questions. I caught her off guard because she said she had never even heard of the controversy. She asked me to email her the website- this is the letter I sent- sorry so long. Do you think I said it right and made the correct points?
Hi Melissa-
I spoke with you this morning in regards to the Growing Kids God's Way class offered at your church. I am sorry if I came off as rude. As you could probably see I can be quite passionate in my beliefs. I am a former educator and a stay at home mom to a toddler and a baby. I have worked with and been friends with several families who have embraced the Growing Kid's God's Way philosophy. My husband and I enjoyed your church but we were concerned when we saw that the class was being offered.
In our experience at another church when that class is offered parents taking it become quite passionate about parenting in a certain way. The title of the class alone suggests that the Ezzo approach is the way God would have a Christian parent. I think that is very sad.
I believe God gives parents the freedom to choose the parenting style that works best for their family. God also doesn't give specific instructions (high chair manners, first time obedience, the interrupt rule, feeding schedules) in the Bible for parenting because each child is so different. I believe He wants us to continually rely on Him, search the Scriptures, pray, and let the Spirit lead. The Ezzo approach does not seem to validate this. They seem to have an answer for everything.
However my greatest concern is Gary Ezzo's personal character and Christian testimony. Did you know he has been asked to leave 3 churches? Did you know he made up much of his research and his credentials? Did you know Pastor McArthur and Dr. Dobson have written statements in concern to his program? Did you know one of his adult daughters is estranged from him? Did you know he has no education in child development?
Anyway I don't mean to be long- winded. I hope you will look at this web site and share it with the pastoral staff. Thank you so much for talking with me this morning. I appreciated your friendliness and openness to researching the information. I would love to hear your feedback.
http://www.ezzo.info/