Treatment Abuse, Behavior Modification, Thought Reform > Mission Mountain School
Missing Alumni
Anonymous:
I wasn't at MMS, just a reader here. But I must say, B, it seems difficult to understand how you could support a school that treated you and others the way it did. It's abuse, don't you know? This just isn't normal.
It seems to me there must be a better way to put this all into perspective.
Here are some questions to ask yourselves:
Do you think that the girls were better for having been treated the way they were at MMS (in many of our books, that would be called "abuse"?)
Do you think they (the school) might have accomplished healing and help for the girls in other, non-abusive ways?
Don't you think that perhaps they were wrong in their approaches?
And don't you think girls suffered at their hands, and still do, years later?
And what about the girls who are still there?
Don't you worry about them?
I read where Mercer, the guy everyone says is bad, is spending more time there again, not less time. Don't you worry?
Everyone who says they'll support the school is saying they are supporting what is done at the school and that it's OK for it to continue. Think about it ...
I picture myself a girl at MMS right now. I know the school's been around a while, others must have suffered at the hands of these people as I am suffering, but where are they? Where are the alumni? Will they come to our rescue at the reunion? Will they be brave enough to stand up to Mercer and the rest of the abusers? And will any of their parents who feel they were wronged join them?
I hope so.
Instead of allowing this type of treatment to girls, treatment that obviously leaves long-lasting scars and is emotionally damaging, why not do something to try and stop it. If not it will continue for years to come and more girls will be affected.
My thoughts are that they need to revamp the school and stop allowing people who have no degrees in psychology to hold group therapy-type sessions where girls are asked to reveal their innermost secrets. That would be a start. And what about if Mercer and his clan do some of the work on their own properties instead of making girls do it for them? What about child labor laws? Why don't they apply here?
Anyone who supports the school supports abuse, in my book. Just read all of the pages and pages of stories here.
Anonymous:
Thank you for your insightful post. my granddaughter is currently incarcerated at Mission Mountain School. I haven't seen her for more than a year, and miss her terribly every single day. I loved her as she was, a typical opinionated teenager, full of life and personality. She didn't do drugs, alcohol, cigarettes or sex and had never been in trouble with the law...her sin was speaking her mind and being stubborn. Mission Mountain and other such programs will incarcerate any child for profit, regardless of whether or not their program is appropriate for that child...it's all about the money, nothing else. Montana has become the mecca for these places because of their non-existent child protecive laws and economic greed. It is all so very sickening, and few "outsiders" seem to care. I thank you for caring.
Anonymous:
You are very welcome. I am sorry to hear about your granddaughter. We can only hope she has the strength to endure and to come out alright. It is oh, so disgusting.
Perhaps something will be done that will enlighten people to this mess. I fear things like "Brat Camp" will only serve to cause parents to think this is just the thing they need for their child. Disgusting, really. What ever happened to taking care of our own kids. Seems everyone wants the quick fix these days, no matter what the cost (in dollars and to their child and family).
Keep on keepin' on, that's all we can do.
Anonymous:
i'm sorry, this is such bullshit. they don't just take anyone on. there is a long application process... there are conversations with the parents, a look at the families history. if they just took everyone on for profit they would have hundreds of children at their school, but no... it's not that easy just to end up there. there are 30 something girls at a time... they dont' accept every stubborn child who comes along. it's not incarceration. no one is locked in. this website is hateful and malicious and ridiculous at times. sharing personal stories, sure... but random outsiders coming in and making judgements... making claims that they have no knowledge about... stupid. anyway. i'm sure this will start a debate. fun.
Anonymous:
and i'm sorry... my parents did their best to raise me.... no one is perfect. if i'm expected to be perfect as a parent, then fuck... that sucks. my parents are amazing, loving, intelligent people who only wanted what was best for me. when i ran away from home i broke their hearts, they were so scared they were going to lose me forever... they were panicked. they pooled from all their resources and found MMS. not perfect, they agree with me on that, but it saved my life and gave them piece of mind which they hadn't had in years. it's not my parents fault. they raised my sister to be an amazing girl, without the help of anyone else. i was just a depressed kid who got lost in the teenage wasteland and needed to get out of the shittown i lived in. and please feel free to get angry and "yell" at me now. i really could care less.
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