Wilderness family component misunderstood?

[Anonymous]

I have read numerous pieces about the family component of the wilderness programs and with a help from Heal-online's news section, I stumbled over this article where a teen is holding a very cute baby she earned as a privilege during a Monarch wilderness trip.

Here is the article and the baby is so cute: Troubled teens were banished to the Monarch Center wilderness program. Then their troubles really started, Denver Westwood news

However, I seemed to have understood something wrong. Originally I took the family component as a task of healing the existing family. Instead I discovered that it is about expanding the size of the family. Where did I go wrong?

[Che Gookin]

Oscar your sense of sarcasm doesn't come across well at times. I chalk it up as English being your second language. None the less, it does amuse me.

I'm not sure what a scorched GI track is but it sounds painful. Probably the kid picked it up from drinking to much of that bleach water. Wilderness programs, like Monarch, demonstrate why they ought to be shut down on general principle. How can you keep tabs on a group of kids on a 9 day expedition? You can't and of course abuse is likely to happen.

Sad.

[Che Gookin]

Clarification:

How can you keep tabs on a group of kids and more importantly keep tabs on the people who are supposed to be watching over them?

You can't.

[Anonymous]

This guy had it easy compared to some WC's. Giardia? Hey, that's part of the "therapy" at every one of these places. ::puke::