Treatment Abuse, Behavior Modification, Thought Reform > Brat Camp
"group consequences" and other bullshit
webcrawler:
--- Quote ---On 2005-07-28 12:03:00, OverLordd wrote:
"Yeah I have seen parts of episodes, but I generally skip it because it pisses me off that something so wrong can exist and there is nothing I can directly do about it right now."
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I can't watch it. I know it would upset me too much. My friend called me the other night and said it was pretty disgusting.
Pandora's box has been opened with this garbage and there's probably no turning back either.
The Liger:
I have been watching Brat Camp every week. It just totally brings me back to being a teenager. I am 27 now, but when I watch that show, it is like I am there all over again.
Last night, the girl Lauren was crying uncontrollably because it was the anniversary of her father's death. I remember doing the same thing at my program on the anniversary of my mother's death. It really broke my heart to see her away going through this with strangers and on national television. At the program I was in, I was not allowed to talk about my biological parents because they were "druggies." I do not know what would be worse though: having to keep it inside or having the entire world see your pain.
Anyway, I hope that I never forget the pain of being a teenager. I think that if all of us here who remember what it was like can apply that in our parenting, our children will be so much better off than we were. Maybe our discussions will never put an end to these programs, but at least in our personal lives we can change our parenting approach from that of our parents. Understanding instead of tough love: I really think that is key to building meaningful and trusting relationships with our children. If all that ever comes out of this is that our children have better parents than we had, well then I guess it will have been worth it.
Deborah:
I've watched every week and have wondered how many teens are watching. And how many teens that are 'at risk' of being sent are watching?? And what effect that might have on a kid who is sent. Like, will it have the same impact if the kid knows before hand what they are being thrown into, and there's no element of surprise, if they know all the 'unknowns' before they go?
The Liger:
I bet parents are all like, "Yeah, you want us to send you there? You better shape up!" And kids are living in fear of being whisked away in the middle of the night.
Nihilanthic:
What Im afraid of is them being sucked into the "emotional growth" paradigm thats coming out of the LGAs and Programs... but Id hope a teenager would be more likely to see it for what it is, a "psycho cryfest", than to be sucked into it like so many "adults" I see sucked into them.
That being broken down to your lowest state and having a psychological regression is "growth", that break downs are break throughs, and sobbing and mumbling incoherantly or going through what that poor girl did wednesday night... is good and necessary!
Why do grown, mature people get sucked into this? WHAT is wrong with everyone?
We should be careful to get out of an experience only the wisdom that is in it - and stop there; lest we be like the cat that sits down on a hot stove-lid. She will never sit down on a hot stove-lid again---and that is well; but also she will never sit down on a cold one anymore.
Mark Twain
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