On 2004-05-17 17:47:00, Anonymous wrote:
"DarkHunterHope Writes:
"There are some horrible, horrible spouses out there".
B.I.N.G.O.
This is why federal regulations are urgently needed, to protect children from involuntary commitment in any institution or institutionalized-style program without due-process.
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B.I.N.G.O times 2!!!!!
A new stepfather (as well as a new step-mother) factors into a huge number of these "placements". Also, adoptive parents represent about 20% of teens incarcerated in these programs, a proportion way higher than the average American family make-up. Purchased kids don't always live up to expectations?
In personal experience, a single mother for 10 years wants desperately to have a normal family life, finally marries, and will turn a blind eye to blatant coercion from her new husband to fix the kid problem...hers, not his. He sits at home (permanently disabled by a bad back) while his new wife rakes in mega-bucks, scans the laptop computer from his Lazy Boy, and...BINGO...finds a beautiful web site with all the answers to his prayers. New step-daughter (whom he physically abuses while mom is at work) is "disappeared" into La-La Land for "behavior modification". Said child finally is allowed home, is sentenced to permanent grounded situation in her room for 4 months. Finally is allowed to join relatives, and lives (somewhat) happily ever after.
Federal law needs to be in place to disallow such "whisking off" of American citizens without due process of any kind.