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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>

Despite these criticisms the course 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>