Do You Agree W/ Rebirthing Methods?

JoHn S.

Children are removed from homes due to dangerous surroundings. It shouldn't be OK for them to be put right back in one, even if this time it's legal.

Jennifer L

Yikes! No! That's an awful thing! No legitimate psychologist/counselor would consider it!

And yes, I remember reading where children have died from it.

a healing adoptee

no, it can be very dangerous if it isn't done right. I think a child died from that method. Or i can be confusing an eposide of law & order that touched on this subject and the child died. But, if you surround someone with blankets and press on them, especially a small child, someone can get hurt.

IDK!!

I've never heard of it, could you expand a little....

But from what I read, it sounds cruel. It may change the child BEHAVIOR, but it's more important to heal the inside.

I think the best therapy comes from love, discipline, security and understanding, not suffocation.

sizesmith

Horrible practice. I believe that honesty, and all parents working together, both the AP's and the bio ones would work better (in private adoption cases and as many foster cases as would be allowable with the safety concerns of the kids).

Cam

No, I don't agree with it at all.

marleyfu

Despicable practice. I'm with you.

Angela R

I'm really suprised this is still legal!

Although it may temporarily change the childs behavior (because they're afraid of having to go through something like this again), I seriously doubt that reinacting the birthing process is going to "heal" a child who has serious emotional and attachment issues. It seems like these parents and doctors are just looking for a 'quick fix", and aren't too concerned about the possible consequences.

hellokerri2000

Holy crap! I didn't know such a thing existed!

This is deplorable! How could anyone put their child through something so abusive and horrible?? I don't see how it would be helpful in resolving anything at all. Poor kid! Can you imagine how scared she must have been? I hope that this is no longer legal. And I hope those people ended up getting the harshest prison sentence available.

Sometimes I just can't wrap my head around the stupidity of people...

LaurieDB

Not only is it a "load of crap," it's also very abusive and quite dangerous. There is nothing therapeutic about abuse.

Heather Leigh

It is sick and wrong. IMO, it is nothing more than Adoptive parents trying to do all they can to be a child's "real" parents and make the child forget about their original parents.

I also think it is a form of child abuse and anyone practicing in this should be charged.

Freckle Face

Hi Peaness,

The practice should be illegal. I find it disgusting trying to "rebirth" a child. No matter what the aparents do they will never "replace" the child's mother and family. It sounds like a form of child abuse.

shygirl93

That's horrible!

r s

it still goes on and tax payers pay for it. just about all attachment based therapy has some holding therapy, deep breathing, age regression... and target foster and adoptive kids and their parents.... here is on example in our local paper

http://hamptonroads.com/2008/07/controversy-trails-therapist-who-runs-chesapeake-center?page=1

if you get to the part where the success all sit around the table and drink from baby bottles.. and the kicker is the guy holds no license in state, so no one will investigate....

another link is www.childrenintherapy.org

Cartier

That's horrible! I can't believe people do that. I certainly do not agree with it. They should abolish it. It is a form of torture... it reminds me a little bit of "water boarding" (sp?).

Independ"ant"

Its just as wrong and repulsive as a-moms taking hormones so they can lactate and breastfeed a-babies as well as women that breastfeed with breast implants. Its just not good for the child and borderline insane. A woman that I know that had implants insisted on breastfeeding she now has a child with autism. Her husband believes it could be part of the reason because all implants leak somewhat. He tried to get her to stop and used to refer to it as TBM. Toxic breast milk because during the feeding and until about 30min.later the baby would break out in a mysterious rash. She just blamed it on something she was eating.

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