Sara

Irene, I'm really sorry to hear that you felt blindsided. I had a similar experience with a friend who I thought seemed really loving and caring with her children. She seemed to be very open to some APish things and her kids weren't the zombie kind that you sometimes see. So I was shocked when I found out that she uses and highly recommends the Pearls materials. I thought she might be my one chance at finding a like-minded friend, so I was really devastated when this information came to light, especially since I was able to see some really disturbing patterns of interaction with her children (I don't know why I hadn't noticed before).

I agree, Kathy. The bad stuff really scares me. I think it unfortunate that the Pearl materials are so similar to the Ezzo materials in that they use scare tactics in order to get parents to believe that there is this one right way to do things. They both like to use lots of examples of really "bratty" children that aren't being raised using their own methods. People adopt Pearl's methods in that same all-encompassing way that they implement Ezzo's methods.