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Straight, Inc. and Derivatives / Question about brainwashing
« on: July 14, 2005, 10:29:00 PM »
Hi there. My daughter was in Second Chance, a Memphis Christian program that was related to straight. It left her psyche very damaged and what therapeutic effect it had was very little.
I can't speak for her, but I think that people can be molded just about any way if they are in an extremely controlled situation. Couple that with the fact that there is usually at least some truth the accusations the teenager hears. Yes, my daughter, at 15, was abusing drugs and extremely rebellious, but her acting out was more of a result of screwed up family dynamics (the cause) than her poor decisions (the only way she could deal with the pain at the time.)
No program can force someone to want something from the inside, and external pressure only works temporarily. But when teenagers are totally stripped of their voices, they have no choice but to be compliant.
I can't speak for her, but I think that people can be molded just about any way if they are in an extremely controlled situation. Couple that with the fact that there is usually at least some truth the accusations the teenager hears. Yes, my daughter, at 15, was abusing drugs and extremely rebellious, but her acting out was more of a result of screwed up family dynamics (the cause) than her poor decisions (the only way she could deal with the pain at the time.)
No program can force someone to want something from the inside, and external pressure only works temporarily. But when teenagers are totally stripped of their voices, they have no choice but to be compliant.