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Brat Camp / ABC Brat Camp
« on: July 17, 2005, 03:50:00 AM »
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On 2005-07-15 16:08:00, Anonymous wrote:

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On 2005-07-14 16:45:00, Anonymous wrote:


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On 2005-06-04 00:51:00, Anonymous wrote:



"Just wanted to point out that it appears you are confusing TWO DIFFERENT TELEVISION SHOWS.  







The original "Brat Camp" was an English show featuring SIX familes who sent their kids to a 'bootcamp' in the States...it won some awards in Europe, and had a repeat airing several months ago on the ABC Family Channel (hence the confusion).







The UPCOMING "BRAT CAMP" is produced by Shapiro/Grodner Productions and sends NINE kids to a camp in Oregon called Sagewalk, which, for the record, is NOT a bootcamp...but is indeed an award winning wilderness therapy program, where certified clinical therapists try to help troubled teens deal with the difficult issues of their lives.  No one is yelling at these kids or telling them to "drop and give me 20!"  No double-speak intended, it just may be that your definition of a "bootcamp" is different than mine.  







This new "BRAT CAMP" is a well-made, uplifting and emotional series...and you might want to watch an episode or two before making premature judgements based on incomplete 'research.'  







I'm not trying to brainwash you or anything...it's just that you might actually like it!  I hope you do anyway.  It was a labor of love for all involved.  And I'm very proud of this show.







Sincerely,







John Platt



Co-Executive Producer, "Brat Camp" (the new American one...!)"







  Hi John,





  The majority of posters on this site are HELL BENT against ANY kind of treatment programs for teens, because they are ALL abusive, torturous, money hungry places (lol).  SO, don't expect to have to many intelligent replies to your posts.  Most of the posters either never finished/completed the program they were in, or they backslid afterwards and want to blame ALL the wrongs in their lives on the program they were in as a teen (which they HAD to do SOMETHING to get to a point where their parents went to these lengths to help them). Sad, but true.


  Brat Camp was very interesting to watch, and I think these kids CAN get a LOT out of their experince there, that can help them to deal with life constructively as opposed to lying, drugging and being nasty and violent.


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How much do you want to bet that this is that John guy responding to himself?  LOL!"

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Brat Camp / ABC Brat Camp
« on: July 17, 2005, 03:47:00 AM »
Hello John,
      I thought that I should let you know that I went to Sage Walk almost two years ago and it is not what you think. When I was there I actually mentioned making a T.V show of the place to two of the staff, only to show the world what a messed up camp it really is. You cannot expect to make a "stepford" teenager and not have them suffer later on. I was clean of drugs before i left to Sagewalk and am clean now, however i have had extremely hard times getting over what happened in the Oregon high desert. I currently am in the Army National Gaurd and I have one semester of highschool to finish and then off to college. The semester of highschool that I have to finish is because of the classes that I failed when I was kidnapped off to SW. Sagewalk made me not appreciate the outdoors as much also, and about my family when i returned I realized that my mom has some deep problems in the head and I got the heck out of her house. I love and respect her for giving birth to me and feeding, clothing me, but that is it. Not to mention the physical problems that Sagewalk left me with.. bad knees, back problems, etc. I had severe emotional problems from the place. I am currently working with Lawyers to assemble my case and there will be a not so pretty lawsuite very soon. I am not alone in this. Those kids need to run away, I wish I had.       Loren[ This Message was edited by: alaskaboy on 2005-07-17 00:48 ][ This Message was edited by: alaskaboy on 2005-07-17 00:52 ]

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