News Reports & Media Coverage

A partial list of media coverage of problems and concerns associated with the Ezzos' advice in Babywise, Preparation for Parenting, and Growing Kids God's Way:

WALL STREET JOURNAL
Feb 17 1998, by Barbara Carton

BBC NEWSNIGHT
Oct 29, 1999, by Jeremy Paxman PDF version

LADIES' HOME JOURNAL
April 1999, by Jenny Deam PDF version

CHILD MAGAZINE
August 1998, by Drs. Barry & Pamela Zuckerman

WASHINGTON POST
reprinted in the Seattle Times, Mar 1999, by Hanna Rosin

SALON MAGAZINE
Aug 1998, by Katie Allison Granju

CATHOLIC PARENT
originally in Catholic Parent, Jan 1999, by Brian Donnelly, MD PDF version

CHRISTIANITY TODAY
August 1993, by Thomas Giles

WORLD MAGAZINE
May 1996, by Roy Maynard

WXYZ DETROIT
Video: Part 1 of Investigative report Nov, 2004, by Steve Wilson

BOULDER WEEKLY
March, 1997, by Eric Patterson

BRADENTON HERALD
April, 1997, Bradenton Herald, by Kelly Griffith. Reprinted at Parents Place
ALSO SEE: Q and A with Gary Ezzo original sidebar to the above article

And many others. An extensive bibliography is available to download.

Double Messages

  • To Feed
  • Or Not
"But Ezzo says to feed a hungry baby": Yes, but this is trumped by warnings about the baby's metabolism if feedings aren't spaced properly. I remember being worried that my baby's metabolism and everything else would be screwed up when I fed her early. How sad to RELUCTANTLY feed your baby, because you're scared that the feeding will damage her!

--former user

[Babywise] does say to feed them if you really think they are hungry but twists it in a way to say that if you think they are hungry before 2.5 hours you are probably wrong, and if you are wrong and feed them anyway, you are failing.

--former user