Gina Ford may not be a household name in the U.S., but she is a well-known baby expert in Britain where her "schedule-baby-down-to-the-minute" approach is both worshiped and reviled. For all intents and purposes, she is the "Ezzo" (Babywise) of Britain and her book, The Contented Baby, has sold millions of copies worldwide.
Ford doesn't like the way that certain mums who frequent Mumsnet, one of the U.K.'s largest parenting websites, are talking about her. Amongst other not-so-kind things, they are calling her "cruel" because she advocates the cry-it-out method. Ford doesn't appreciate the name-calling so she is threatening to sue the site.
Mumsnet was started in 2000 by two mothers. These days, the site gets about a million hits a year and boasts 75,000 members. The owners say they can't afford to pay any settlement and therefore shouldn't be sued. They are so worried about losing their houses and their livelihood that they have banned all Ford talk from the site.
Should Ford pursue legal action or put a pacifier in it and stop being such a baby?
