Letters to the editor: "Pathway Family Center"

[Anonymous]

http://nwitimes.com/articles/2007/01/20 ... 01a4fd.txt

Not bringing Pathway would be bad for teens
Barb McClain
Valparaiso  
From Saturday, January 20, 2007 1:10 AM CST   Email this story   Print this story  


I am a parent of a child who was in Pathway in Indianapolis. I am also a daily reader of your newspaper.

Pathway saved my son's life. I am very saddened to see how you are portraying Pathway. I am sure you would agree with me on the fact that northern Indiana, like many other places in the world, has a very bad drug problem. How dare you for making Pathway sound like a hell hole for any child to be in.

My son was in Pathway for more than five months, and nothing like what you have put in the paper happened to him or anyone in the program with him. I did pull him out because of my health problem and not being able to do the parent's part of the program. The time in the program did, however, change him in a very positive way.

I fear the articles will stop Pathway from coming to Valparaiso. This would be terrible for many teens and their parents.

Barb McClain, Valparaiso  


http://nwitimes.com/articles/2007/01/20 ... 01a53d.txt

Thank you for publishing that story on Pathway
William Earnshaw Sr.
President, ISAC Corp., Midland, Va.  
From Saturday, January 20, 2007 1:10 AM CST   Email this story   Print this story  


Thank you for publishing the Straight to Pathway article. I admire your courage and dedication to reporting about such a controversial, as some folks claim it, drug treatment method.

I view this method as systematic child abuse, which is a crime. People, agencies or businesses that perpetrate it should be held fully accountable by the law. Abusing kids to get them off drugs is not the answer. Furthermore, anyone (especially a parent) who agrees with this systematically abusive treatment needs to check a mirror and understand they are also responsible for aiding and abetting child abuse by advocating and buying it.

There is much that needs to be said about why this treatment is systematically abusive. I encourage your readers to research more about why it needs to stop and not proliferate at taxpayers' expense.

In the article, Terri Nissley claimed ISAC is a "bunch of whackos who want to legalize drugs." This is preposterous. For the record, the ISAC Corp. mission statement clearly states: "Our mission is to expose abuse, civil rights violations and fraud perpetuated through privately owned facilities for juveniles."

William Earnshaw Sr., President, ISAC Corp., Midland, Va.

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So we're trying to talk these shithead parents out of putting their kids in Straight Lite? Jeez.

I hope they bite the dust soon one way or another.