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06-27-2016, 10:23 AM | #1 |
Rose Bouquet
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Church is doing class on GKGW
So my church is thinking about doing a parenting class using Growing Kids Gods Way. Ugh. Ugh. Ugh. Fortunately I don't think it is set in stone yet and they don't really know much about it- it just got recommended to them by someone. Also the people in my church are really very good with kids in day to day interactions- they (in general) love kids and are very easy going about age appropriate behavior. I think that once they hear some of the concerns they will change their minds. A fellow GCMer already gave them the link to the ezzo.info site so hopefully they read it. I am going to bring up the fact that they were kicked out of their church and their kids don't have any contact with them. Hoping those issues make everyone think twice.
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06-27-2016, 10:37 AM | #3 |
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Re: Church is doing class on GKGW
Oh dear! I do hope they will research this and change their minds.
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06-27-2016, 10:48 AM | #4 |
Rose Garden
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Re: Church is doing class on GKGW
Would meet with pastor and or whoever is in charge of coordinating the classes armed with info and your concerns. What you aid about them not knowing much about it is very telling
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06-27-2016, 11:23 AM | #5 |
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Re: Church is doing class on GKGW
The thing that got Gary Ezzo 'uninvited' to my church many, many years ago was when I told the pastor 'since your kids are grown, you might not know this, but this material is pretty controversial and many people would never think of visiting a church where his name was or had been on the church sign'.
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06-27-2016, 12:15 PM | #6 |
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Re: Church is doing class on GKGW
I think you'd find they'll backtrack pretty quickly if you let them know it's controversial.
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06-27-2016, 01:31 PM | #7 |
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Re: Church is doing class on GKGW
It might be helpful to offer a few alternatives.
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07-23-2016, 04:44 PM | #8 |
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Re: Church is doing class on GKGW
I think everyone wants sleep and expectations are set too high that pushing a baby into that mold to get sleep and routine seem worth a try. I think the book will be around a lot longer unfortunately
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07-23-2016, 11:04 PM | #9 |
Rose Garden
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Re: Church is doing class on GKGW
The infant version has a lot of very convincing rhetoric that it's the only way you'll ever get any sleep, and both the infant and older kid (toddler, child, teen) books insist your kids will be little brats if you raise them differently. Those are very real fears that our selfish and isolated culture magnifies.
I have never felt so exhausted as when we were trying to follow Preparation for Parenting, not even when I was tandeming, and so much of GKGW is the antithesis of how Jesus taught us to treat brothers and sisters in Christ. My kids aren't perfect, but they are sincere about trying to behave without being locked in some antagonistic battle to get them that way. I hope that other study isn't as bad.
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