Fornits
Treatment Abuse, Behavior Modification, Thought Reform => The Troubled Teen Industry => Topic started by: P.E.N.1 on September 10, 2005, 05:40:00 PM
-
I recently was about to attend a "family group" where my teenager is held captive. Well I was informed that my family couldn't attend the group, as it was only for parents. How lame is that? why don't they just call it parents group? I was totaly misinformed just thought I'd share some more of the insanity that these schools present.
-
Well your just streaching words abi there. When they mean family they mean nuclear, mother, father, and enrolled person. You were thinking extended family as well if im not mistaken. It't not evil just miscommunication. I do agree they should let you in though, so you could support you teen and tell him to fight hard and well.
-
Yeah, they are strictly closed meetings. THe parents sit around and comfort each other's guilt for sending their child away to unknown sadistic entities. They all reassure each other they did the right thing, and the parents who's kid 'graduated' who tells them how much it helped. Fuckers.
You CAN find some of these meetings, when and where. Someone should sit outside and take pictures of the people going in and out. Maybe spread some flyers around their meeting place about who is using the facility, child abusers.
-
[ This Message was edited by: Withdraw on 2005-09-22 23:13 ]
-
Programs are notoriously crule to parents who do not have custody of their children.
-
Most programs are supposed to go by what the court rules. If the court rules that a non custodial parent cannot visit the child then that is what they are supposed to uphold. Even if the parent disagrees. Schools can get in big trouble with the courts if they don't adhere to what the courts will allow. What a parent perceives to be a school ignoring them might actually be a school doing what the courts are making them do.
-
Bottom line, secure (meaning locked) programs act as the CUSTODIAL agent. These parents are dreaming if they think they (the parent) can parent their kid while he/she is locked up.
Best thing to do is work on the parent(s) who sent the kid away. Don't sever communication with them. Keep them updated on the good, bad and the ugly stories. They may very well come to their senses and bring the kid home.
Some parents with custody issues have been successful in getting a child out after convincing the other parent there are other alternatives. Problem is many divorced parents have "issues" with each other (power tripping) and the poor kid gets stuck in the middle.
The number of kids from divorced family units is very high, with more single moms than dads shipping their kids off to these places.
Read the Corey Murphy story in the Denver Rocky Mountain News series on WWASPS. Classic example
of exactly what I am talking about. FYI, Corey Murphy committed suicide at age 16.
:sad: