Treatment Abuse, Behavior Modification, Thought Reform > Brat Camp
Typical Day at Sagewalk
Deborah:
***They can choose whether or not to talk to the therapists.
Which program are you refering to? That comment demonstrates how little you know, or want to know. They aren't going to let a kid sit silently in group or private sessions (if they have the latter). They will be forced, overtly or covertly.
***They figure out soon enough that things will progress better for them if they do.
Yes, when they get hungry enough. Enough punishment can motivate them to even make something up if need be, in order to appear in compliance and avoid further punishment.
Not to mention, forced confessions like smoking pot or being sexually active, resulting in the kid being labeled an addict or slut, which is held over them the remainder of their stay.
Deborah:
***However, the teen needed to take ownership of his role in that failure- lying, stealing, drinking, wrecking cars, selling pot, not going to school.....
First, I find it weird how you speak of your son in third person (the teen), like an inanimate object.
Another way of saying this- My son would benefit from realizing that he was in reaction to not having his needs met.
It's amazing how quick kids are to accept their part in the difficulty when their parents cop to their own faults and shortcomings. Doesn't take months of trekking through blizzards or stiffling heat to get there; or years living under the punitive microscope of a 'program'.
***These "children" have become a threat to themselves and others.
Again, THESE children? Which children? Thousands of teens, including my own sons, were sent to programs and were NOT a threat to themselves or anyone else. They were a pain in the ass for their step mother.
Far as I can tell, many of the children of posters on ST have kids who they still consider to be a threat to themselves and others, even after years of wilderness/TBS.
Anonymous:
God- why didn't I think of THAT? Damn. I should have ASKED my teen why he did the things he did! Yeah, I just gave up when things got "a little rough"- when he was in the ER after yet another overturned car. H E L L O, idiots! We did EVERYTHING possible.
Deborah:
Including giving him the keys to a car?
Anonymous:
Sure, we "gave" him the keys to the car. Get real.
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