His parents were DUPED with shiny brochures, lies, and promises that will never be fulfilled, as are many parents unfamiliar with the program. YES, he will come back worse off - or he will come back a brainwashed programmie, and be worse off a few months down the line when he realizes what he went through.
If you are looking at fornits for statistics, you won't find them. It took me a couple years to find fornits, and that was after doing a lot of intensive searching online. Most kids want to forget about what happened, and move on with their life.
If you want to talk to MORE students/graduates who went there check out these myspace groups:
WWASP [anti]
http://groups.myspace.com/index.cfm?fus ... A320996159[260 members]
ANTI WWASP
http://groups.myspace.com/index.cfm?fus ... A320996159[308 members]
End Institutionalized Child Abuse
http://groups.myspace.com/index.cfm?fus ... A320996159[686 members]
And these are just a few. The info at these groups is very accurate, because those who post are fully accountable to the other students who went their also. This will confirm your deepest suspicions of this being a negative program.
Just because there are posts here saying WWASP is good doesn't mean it is true. WWASP employees, and others with a financial of emotional (still brainwashed and feeling guilty) motives for coming here and spreading program propoganda. Mostly, the program people come here to bash us. I suppose they find it fun, and reminds them of what its like at the program.