Wow, I really hope ccm girl that you're not as ignorant as you sound. Any parent who is considering sending their child to an RTC deserves to hear both sides of the story. Unfortunately for you hundreds of parents continue to send their children to these facilities because of the stories that graduates such as myself have to tell. Not only do I strongly believe in the positive benifits that these schools have to offer, I do someday plan on making my career working in RTCs with troubled teenagers, as for now I'm just a college student, and I am in noway affiliated with any program, other than as a graduate. It's just so amazing to me that you and I have gone through such a similar experience and yet we have completely different outcomes. I am and never have been angry in anyway for being sent to the program, I know that my parents did it to spare me from the road that I was on at that time, I know it was the one of the greatest sacrafices and demonstrations of love that a parent can make. Having graduated 6 years ago I still remain strong in the conviction that the program truly saved my life, and parents have the right to know that! In fact it's interesting to me that of the thousands of kids who have been in wwasp programs since their founding there are so few of you who claim to have been abused, like many parents I choose to believe the majority rather than the vast majority. So out of curiosity what have you done with your life since leaving the program, what do you do for a living, how much education have you recieved? After all life truly is based on results!:)