i would like to clear up a few misconceptions, probably a waste of my time but you never know
1) I would like to thank all of you for your concerns regarding fees, food, host homes, fund raising etc. It is nice to know that people care about my time and money. I can assure you that I, along with 99% of AARC graduate parents, would do the program again despite all these extra things. Please save your concerns for those who really want them. I have yet to meet a parent who would not put a 2nd kid into the program because of the extras.
Well you're obviously not looking very hard. I'd like to see some evidence of your 99% claim. Simply saying it doesn't make it true, in fact it makes your story lose credibility.
2) The CBC documentary had a laughable assertion - that parents put non-addicted kids into the program because we have "issues" we can't handle. I can't even begin to think how to refute this as it is one of the dumbest assertions I have ever heard. My daughter's heart stopped because of a cocaine OD and she used two days later. That is a common story that the kids have coming into AARC. The reality is that if all parents knew the full extent of their kids abuses, we would need 100 AARCs in Canada.
Again you're back to spouting unsupported superlatives and anecdotal stories.
If you only knew how many terrible parents are out there who are eager to sign away their kids because they're too preoccupied with their social life or work, you'd need 100 AARC's for parents. (See I can make unsupported claims too!)
Edit: Bolded is sarcasm for those who didn't get it3) Rachel, I am not certain if this was your intent, but the documentary seemed to imply that the rapists were directed by AARC to do this in order to teach you "powerlessness". I am completely stunned that anyone could actually believe this. We all know that you have suffered from psychosis but do you really think that Doc V and Mrs I ordered a rape? I am pretty sure this was a case of the CBC putting their slant on a story but this is how it came out.
Nobody claimed that they ordered the rape, but the fact that someone defending AARC would jump to that conclusion is troubling (if you're getting defensive about something that was never claimed, maybe it was ordered?). As far as I'm concerned, presiding over and not investigating claims of rape and abuse is just as bad as ordering it. Also, the fact that you use the same tactics as AARC to discredit Rachael saying she "suffered from psychosis" - as if that means for the rest of her life anything she says should be discounted - makes you again lose all kinds of credibility. You're not doing a very good job of convincing.
4) The documentary says that normal programs offer a 30-40% success rate. We had our kid in AADAC until we found out that only 4% of their clients found sobriety. I would have loved to avoid the time and cost of AARC but it was the last resort. This actually brings up another point. The critics of AARC seem to focus on what they think are mistakes. I wish that there was an aspect of psychology that had 100% success in anything but that clearly isn't the case. Yeah, mistakes get made but the vast majority of families are helped.
Actually the documentary says that the normal programs
claim 30-40% success rates. AARC merely
claims an 80% success rate, with no independent verification. See:
http://www.cbc.ca/fifth/2008-2009/power ... study.htmlOnce again you make claims that are not backed up by anything. There's no independently verified evidence that the majority of families are helped, nor do you explain what your measure of "help" is. And why shouldn't people focus on the mistakes of AARC? They seem to be making enough of them.
The fact that you imply what they do is an "aspect of psychology" is also bewildering. What goes on at AARC is entirely at odds with
every psychological school of thought. See:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ps ... al_schoolsI hope critics of AARC don't hold themselves to the same level of expectation that they hold AARC.
It wouldn't be very hard, it's only common sense. If only parents out there weren't so willing to ship their kids away for their own selfish convenience, or because they were duped by a smooth talking con man. If you're really a parent and not just an AARC shill (which I doubt), then I feel sorry for you because I know it's hard as an adult to admit to making mistakes, but I would urge you to take a look at
independently verified evidence - don't take the claims of anyone at face value, especially when they're too good to be true.
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