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The Troubled Teen Industry / The Family Foundation School in Hancock, New York
« on: March 31, 2004, 03:16:00 PM »
I had a best friend in hisghschool that was tricked by her parents into going to The Family. It wasn't yet the Family Foundation in 1991-92.
She was commited to teh place b/c she was caught smoking pot. This girl was a smart kid too and I believe her parents didn't really know what they were doing when the decided to put her there.
I can't remember how long she was there, but I helped her run away. She left in the middle of the night and a friend and I went to get her.
She said it was pretty bad. She didn't really talk details, but from what I gather she didn't want to.
Ironically, a few months later. I was on a bus from upstate NY headed to Manhattan and I met a girl who claimed she was from the Family and would I help her find a place to go b/c she was afraid to go back. I couldn't help her but my sister called The Family to let them know this girl was "out" b/c she seemed very distraught and the guy on the phone was more interested in hookin gup with my sister than the missing girl.
Anyway, that's my experience with the family. I am appalled that they have been certified by NYS to become a so called "school"
I am sorry for those who went to this place. :sad:
She was commited to teh place b/c she was caught smoking pot. This girl was a smart kid too and I believe her parents didn't really know what they were doing when the decided to put her there.
I can't remember how long she was there, but I helped her run away. She left in the middle of the night and a friend and I went to get her.
She said it was pretty bad. She didn't really talk details, but from what I gather she didn't want to.
Ironically, a few months later. I was on a bus from upstate NY headed to Manhattan and I met a girl who claimed she was from the Family and would I help her find a place to go b/c she was afraid to go back. I couldn't help her but my sister called The Family to let them know this girl was "out" b/c she seemed very distraught and the guy on the phone was more interested in hookin gup with my sister than the missing girl.
Anyway, that's my experience with the family. I am appalled that they have been certified by NYS to become a so called "school"
I am sorry for those who went to this place. :sad: