Just a recent update on The FFS..

[P.E.N.1]

Well again my child was not able to recieve my letter I wrote because I told him that he has a great gift of intuition, which Ive told him before because its true.I was informed that it is the complete opposite of what they are teaching there. Also, I used the word trippy to descibe something and that also was not allowed. If they only knew how we do it out here on the West coast. So I will resend the letter now for the 3rd time. My child has been at this school for 6 months now and so far has not yet been able to receive a letter from me. NOT that I haven't written, I have many times over and over but it just seems that the mail somehow gets "lost" They must still be using muke or something. zSo its certified from here on out...

[Troll Control]

On 2005-09-25 00:52:00, P.E.N.1 wrote:

"Well again my child was not able to recieve my letter I wrote because I told him that he has a great gift of intuition, which Ive told him before because its true.I was informed that it is the complete opposite of what they are teaching there. Also, I used the word trippy to descibe something and that also was not allowed. If they only knew how we do it out here on the West coast. So I will resend the letter now for the 3rd time. My child has been at this school for 6 months now and so far has not yet been able to receive a letter from me. NOT that I haven't written, I have many times over and over but it just seems that the mail somehow gets "lost" They must still be using muke or something. zSo its certified from here on out..."

It's illegal to interfere with the mail.  Even prisoners doing life sentences for murder get their mail.

By the way, it's not a "school," it's a BM warehouse...

[P.E.N.1]

Yes, I do stand corrected, a Behavior Modification warehouse. I almost forgot! If it were a school it would require them to report what grades my child were getting. As of yet I have not been told.

It is unfortunately Legal for these places to do whatever it is that they want, if it were different then there probly wouldn't be a site as this one. Ive already looked into the legallities of the mail situation. I will say as the FFS told me. If you don't like it there is nothing you can do about it, so thats that.

[Anonymous]

This is outrageous! How can they ban your child from receiving your letters? This canNOT be legal. Just take your kid out of there.

[Anonymous]

P.E.N.1, when are you going to hire an attorney and fight for your rights as a mother, and do something about getting your son out of that place? That is what you have been told to do time-after-time on this forum. Six months is a long long time. You need to step up to the plate and do something besides CHAT!

[P.E.N.1]

Wow what an absolutely brilliant idea! It never even entered my  mind.

COME ON, do you truly think I haven't exausted every obvious and legal avenue as of now? I dont have to go into all of the hours Ive spent in court not to mention the thousands (70 as of now) that Ive spent on trying to do just that.. gain just one little part of custody or parental right.

[P.E.N.1]

[ This Message was edited by: P.E.N.1 on 2005-09-26 09:29 ]

[Anonymous]

It is a very big possibility that the school has the idea that this mother is part of the child's problem and is not allowing her to speak or write to the child due to a court order preventing them from sharing information with her or from statements made by the father. It appears to me that even though she is the child's biological mother, she does not have visitation or informational rights for some reason. Being the bio mother does not automatically give her rights to information unless a judge allows her to. This may be more of a court issue than the school's.

[Anonymous]

Even though programs do it on a regular basis, it is illegal to deny contact between parent and child simply because the PROGRAM thinks the 'mom is part of the problem' OR from 'statements made by the father'.
Severing contact with a parent who has rights requires a court order.
Programs will continue to act illegally until they are forced to comply, because it is in THEIR best interest to do so. Not the child's.
This is not the first time a judge has sided with the program. Doesn't make it right or just.

[Anonymous]

That court order may exist - we sure as hell don't know what has gone on between the courts and PEN1

[Anonymous]

It does not seem RIGHT that a mother can be denied contact with her son. But IF some Judge has made this decision, then it appears that PENI 1 needs to be directing her energies towards undoing WHATEVER led to this Judge's decision. There's a lot of rage there, and it is understandable--this mother is being denied access to her son. But, the underlying problems SEEM to be between the mother and the father, and APPEAR to be custodial matters. SOMEHOW these two adults need to come to terms about what is in the best interests of THEIR SON. IT APPEARS that this father is being very unfair to the mother of his child. Why? Only they can answer that.