nice post.
some good links, too.
? The program requests/demands/recommends that they have legal custody of children. THAT DIDN?T HAPPEN THAT I KNOW OF.
no.
they instead encouraged some parents whose kids were reaching legal age (18) to have the courts declare them incompetent so that they could extend their parental rights (and keep them in the program) longer.
the counselors also loved using this possibility to threaten kids who, at least, had the prospect of turning 18 and finally being free to walk off the premises (without being hunted down by bounty hunters and thrown in bootcamp hell).
? The program inflicts physical punishments on children such as exercising for extended periods of time, bizarre cleaning rituals (ie scrubbing floors with a toothbrush) or food restrictions. WORK DETAILS , DISHES, CAN?T TALK, SING AND HAVE TO DO IT ACCERATED LIKE RUNNING THE TRASH TO THE DUMPSTER.
don't forget
-PTs...
-using butter knives to scrape soil and muck and old grimey food from between all the tiles in the dining hall before sweeping and mopping...
-hauling enormous tree trunks with ropes through the rain and thick mud and being made to turn around and haul it back to the starting point to haul it all over again, when we didn't make it in the previously set time frame...
good times ::deal::
oh, man... there are just some things your parents should never know. it took a long while before my dad was able to look me in the eyes again.
Pre-group experience and group experience are narrowly interpreted through the absolute doctrine. YEAH I HAD SEX ONCE BUT WAS I A WHORE?
unfortunately, ANY female who was sexual in ANY way was a whore.
i was told by a snarling yelling red-faced man, STANDING across from me in a rap(again, not long after i had gotten there), that "you might as well strap a mattress on your back so you can just flop down and let whoever comes along screw you" (improper thing to be said to a 15 yr.old? - I THINK SO) and that was just one of the
many insults associated with sex/sexuality.
not to mention, any female that was previously/currently sexually active or even interested in sex was 'feeling a void left by their father' or "looking for a father-figure" --- excuse me while i call BULLSHIT and then take a moment for some nausea-induced vomiting!
did they
ever say such things to ay of the guys?? of course, not.
--INFURIATING--
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