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"Growing Kids God's Way" is a controversial parenting program developed by [[Gary Ezzo]].<ref>[http://www.equip.org/site/c.muI1LaMNJrE/b.2721925/k.B464/DG233.htm Christian Research Institute - The Cultic Characteristics of Growing Families International by Kathleen Terner and Elliot Miller]</ref>.
===Criticisms===
====Theological Criticisms====
The course prides itself on teaching a child quickly that the world does not revolve around him, and this, critics say "translates too easily into parenting goals conceived out of selfishness" which is actually opposite to God's sacrificial pattern of fatherhood.<ref>http://www.ezzo.info/Articles/groupmag.htm What's Wrong With Growing Kids God's Way?</ref>.
====Physiological and Psychological Criticisms====
A number of critics have also suggested that Ezzo's regulated feeding times and controlled-crying methods are both psychologically damaging and unsafe medically for a baby's healthy development.<ref>[http://www.ezzo.info/Francis/misrep.htm Growing Kids God's Way? A Critique of Growing Families International by Dr. Barbara Francis]</ref>
===Positives===
Despite these criticisms the course is maintains a high level of popularity among Christians having been run at thousands of churches . <ref>http://www.gfi.org.au/resources/avw.html Growing Families International Australia]</ref>/
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