It's funny how most of the things being brought up in this forum are things I myself brought up while at Carlbrook... to parents who may send your children to these schools, I challenge you to take the time to do the research on the negative aspects of these programs. The workshops they use (another name for LGAT) have no long-term psychological benefit. In fact, many LGATs have induced psychotic breakdowns. They try to piss you off as much as possible, then make you break down and cry. They are a school. They make large sums of money. Do the math. There are over 100 kids at this school. Each student pays over 100,000 for a 16 month program. Many great regular boarding schools charge this much for about 4 years of school. The average staff member does not make a lot of money. When I was there, they crammed 5 people in a dorm room originally meant for 2 people, yet continued to state that they weren't about the money.