No, I do not agree that a 6 year old should be where my son was (at the TBS). I think 6 years old is absurd, and at that age should not be sent to a TBS or anywhere. Also, just to let you know, they have never had anyone that young there, the youngest they have had was 14. All of you have your own viewpoints about TBS's, and you should, and I have mine. True they are not for every kid. You also have talked about abuse and being locked up. I have talked to my son about this, and there was no abuse to any of the kids (he did tell me that there were several kids there that were far worse off than he (my son) was. Nobody was put in isolation, and they went to a local high school, riding the school bus to and back. They lived in regular normal houses just like you and I do. My son turned 18 in May while he was there, and could have left at any time after that, but he wrote me a long letter, and told me that he could leave because he was 18 and it was his choice as to what he wanted to do, but he wanted to stay and finish and graduate from high school, and then leave after that. (he had dropped out of HS here in the 11th grade, with D's and F's, but graduated from high school on time, with (6) A's and (1) B). Again, you all have your viewpoints, and I have mine, and my son has his viewpoint as well. He told me that he was out of control, and he knows and understands what and why I sent him. Sure at times he didn't like it at all, but he said he learned some things about himself and about life in general, and what the future now holds for him, that he didn't have before. He told me that because I what I did, he has a future, not like one of his friends, who is now in jail. My son feels badly for his friend, but is glad that he is not in the jail cell next to him. I have a lot more I could say, but I am not going to. I just wanted to answer your question above, and decided to give you a little more detail. I am not looking for anyone on here to care about me or what I did, I just want you to understand why I did what I had to do, and I felt it was my only option at the time.
If you want more details, I can give them, but I know you are all not interested in details. You all are against the programs, and I understand.
Perhaps I will post more later and give you some details about what my situation was like and see what options you all think I could have done instead.
Thank you,
Leslie
