Treatment Abuse, Behavior Modification, Thought Reform > Mission Mountain School
forced child labor camp
Anonymous:
hahaha....funnny....good stuff...... good stuff... no that wasn;t me kat but thanks anyway.
I do think we should move on though. I agree, been there done that. Makes sense...no???
Anonymous:
i all the girls have moved on, just want to bring stuff to light. that's different that was implied when one say 'move on' which is often intended to mean 'let go', in other words, stop talking about it and move forward. I'm not sure why people seem to think why you can't talk about the harmful effects of MMS on your life and be moving forward simltaneuously.
OverLordd:
On key with what the annon above me said, what in the hell do people mean when they say. "Let go" "Move on." And why do people do that? I mean I have a friend that went to CSA and she says. "Yeah they abused me, but I dont really care, I'm used to abuse in my life." Thats basicly what she said when I asked why she was not angry for what had happened. I dont understand why people "Move on."
Anonymous:
A lot of people move on because of several reasons. First, there is a lot of brainwashing that goes on both to the kids and the parents through seminars, etc. So when the kids get out they are told not to talk about it and so are the parents. All in the interest of what's "best" for the child, of course.
Side note: Amazing statement some of these places make in their own manuals. Parents sign an agreement that their child will not live within 100 miles of the program after coming out for the "image" of the school. Hell, what does that tell you?
The entire time they are there it is drilled into their heads that they are to blame and that their parents don't even care. So they don't tell when they get out. Plus some sign a contract agreeing not to talk bad about the program, I've heard.
I also think it has a lot to do with the age of the kid when they went in. I think kids who went to a program when they were 13 or 14 will have a harder time than a kid who went in at 17. It has to do with brain development.
So, time goes by, years sometimes, before they even talk to anyone about their experiences. Many of them, by that time, have figured out it's easier to let it go and move on that to try to tackle it.
First, many are scared their parents will get mad if they even broach the subject. After all, parents paid a lot of money and many don't want to think it was all for not. And there is the guilt factor of sending your kid somewhere that turned out to be abusive. Way easier to just not talk about it. Second, many are scared of the program operators. I've heard people say they are still scared, 5-10 years later.
Another point to consider is that it depends on the level in which they went into the program. Some of these kids were seriously abused before going in. So what they experienced there is more of the same. Their idea of what constitutes abuse might be different from another person's perspective who has never been abused.
I hope that more people who have been abused or neglected in these programs will speak up and will come forward. I can't imagine that those who sing the praises of the program did not at least see and witness abuse if the were not victims themselves (I'm talking about programs where there are many allogations of abuse.)
katfish:
Hey B,
Hmmm.. that wasn't you? I'm suspicuous. who's got it in them to get so mad at my little satirical post??? -shrug-
anyway, I posted about the move on vs. move forward bit, think there's an improtant distinction to be made there, doesn't that make sense?
[ This Message was edited by: katfish on 2005-06-29 08:56 ]
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