My anon 'friends'
I don't understand how you can say I have a credibility problem, when I am telling the truth.
Do you know what credibility means?
Someone had a question about the Mexican house ALA operates. I can promote it because I personally know the people involved, and how they came to open the house in Mexico.
Its a beautiful place, in a quite resort town on a huge and beautiful lake.
The kids actually do get to go out and socialize in the town. They actually do get to ride horses, and visit the beaches and go to movies. They actually do take part in public service work. Lately, its been planting trees.
ALA is not your typical program. Its operated family style - no restriction on phone use, or packages and letters. Family is welcome at any time - and I do mean welcome.
That is how/why I can gladly 'promote' them.
Carey, you write:
//Oh, sounds like this is really a site that people should turn to, NOT!!!!!//
Then by all means stay away from it. Quite logging onto the forum, and posting to this one and that one - Do you know Karen is doing this, or has posted that. . . If you don?t approve - stay away.
//You talk about a fish flopping around, you go from claiming to know nothing about the programs,//
That wasn?t me made the fish comment.
//You say it yourself, you are promoting something you know nothing about!//
I don?t promote what I don?t know about. I think I was clear on this point. I am very upfront with people about the dangers and that they need to use great caution. I'm very clear I can't personally speak about any program, other than WWASP, and ALA.
To all:
The STH site is not Mine. I don?t pay for it, or make money working with it. I don?t decide what is on the site, except for what I post on the Forum. I am pleased to be part of it - as I know the people involved, and I respect and trust them. Nothing I say on Fornits or elsewhere is in any way effected by the fact I watch over the STH forum. So, I don?t see how it effects the credibility of my statements.
I enjoy talking with people, I am a good listener, I do have quit a lot of personal experience getting help for troubled kids (far more that you would imagine) and I can often give some pretty sound advice as a result. Most of my experience has to do with families getting the services they need from hospitals, insurance companies, schools and states. This is often very helpful to parents who can?t even consider the kind of private paid programs we talk about here. With most of the people I spend time with, there is no money to be made for anybody. The programs I most often recommend? YMCA camps, and Outward bound.
I expect with the passing of time, the site will grow, and be more informative and list more options, and some will like it, and some won?t.
I am interested in input. I can make suggestions.
Once again, I ask folks to remember - I didn?t bring this up - and so please don?t try to accuse me of promoting ?my? web site.
Back to Cary for a moment:
You seem to think Craig a pirate for charging tuition. Its how he makes his living Carey. He dose this at great personal sacrifice, even if ALA does have tuition. He drives those boys all over the country - no exaggeration - to attend teen conferences and events - at no additional charge. Its just part of the program. He takes the kids snow boarding, skate boarding, camping, hiking threw some of the most beautiful places in the world - all at no additional cost. So please don?t be harping at me about how hes all about money. I happen to be someone who knows better. Furthermore, he is good at what he dose. He has a gift for working with teenage boys with addiction problems.
Carey - why are you so suspicious and paranoid of everybody?s motives? As a general rule, what one accuses others of, is what they themselves are guilty of. When you spend all this time and energy trying to point out all the flaws and inadequacies of others - the plots and schemes you believe them all planning - it makes me wonder whats in your own heart.
