But what if you educate them, guide them and show them a better way?
That is called "parenting". PROGRAMS do not do that. PROGRAMS are institutions that use coersion and isolation by various means to make people act differently.
Beat me to it Niles!
Who, if you've got enough dough to ship your kid off, then you've got enough to take some time off and actually PARENT your child.
Anne, you're missing something. it takes not only time to parent your child, it takes
effort. People like TheWho care too much about what
they themselves want and need to be bothered with the needs of their children.
They treat their kids like pets, not people. When the puppy gets dirty and matted with long nails and stinky breath, they send it to the groomer. When the puppy keeps barking, chewing and not listening and they get tired of it, they send it to obedience school.
Same way they handle their kids. The same dough that gives them leisure time is the dough they pay the program to make sure their "me time" is not interrupted. I've met quite literally hundreds of parents who not only feel this way, but actually verbally express it at their kid's intake!