Most programs tell parents not to believe their kids when they claim they're being physically abused by staff. PV states in the literature given to parents that their child will attempt to manipulate them by claiming they are being physically harmed, or one of their peers is a "psycho". We've already seen proof that BOTH those claims can be very true. "Psycho" isn't an appropriate term, but how else would a teen describe a peer to his parents who forcibly sodomized a female escort with a baseball bat, or plotted to commit mass murder?
In Tennessee, failure to report suspected child abuse is a crime. PV and other programs that encourage parents to disbelieve reports of physical abuse are encouraging them to break the law. Maybe if parents were held accountable for ignoring early claims of abuse following an injury or worse, they would give more credence to their children's words rather than putting blind trust in a bunch of unknown program staffers. Perhaps they wouldn't choose an RTC at all...