Treatment Abuse, Behavior Modification, Thought Reform > Brat Camp
Typical Day at Sagewalk
Anonymous:
it's funny, that people who expect to be manipulated are the ones that always have to deal with it.
Deborah:
Indeed, those apples don't fall far from the tree. Parents expect it because they taught it.
Anonymous:
And, my brilliant Deborah, are you contending that these troubled teens are manipulative solely because their parents have taught them to be so?
You really have a high opinion of parents, don't you?
You are such an angry bitch.
Deborah:
Another saying I like;
Ain't that the pot callin the kettle black.
Yeh, parents/guardians are pretty much responsible for teaching their kids to manipulate. Along with other adult figures. And let's not forget TV. Manipulation is rampant. What is manipulation, but a lie?
Did you ever 'reward' your child for completing tasks? Or bribe?
Did you ever 'redirect' (distract) your child rather than using the situation as an opportunity to teach?
Did you ever make consequences so unreasonable that your child felt s/he had to lie?
Did you ever send your kid to a program without telling them them where they were going and what they might expect?
All forms of manipulation- lying.
Kids pick it up early, sometimes before they're a year old, and then perfect it as they get older.
The thing you should be grateful for is that you are not subject to being illegally incarcerated for your own.
OverLordd:
Thats what life is guys, manipulation, trying to get what you want. Its in the office, its in the army, its in polotics, its even in churchs. Manipulation is a way to surivive, some times better than if you work hard. Look at it that way. A parent should not send a child into a program just because the child is smarter than the parent and can manipulate the parent, thats just vengful and foolish.
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