The kids at Second Nature are not treated badly. I bet 99% of the kids would NOT make that claim. They do some things outside their comfort zones. In fact, they might be mighty uncomfortable for awhile. Yes, it is involuntary. Tough luck. They weren't living within the bounds of household, school and community norms, and gave up the right to stay there. They get an opportunity to figure out what is going on with them, write a lot, talk it out and figure out what they want to do with their lives.
They are not abused- certainly not to the extent they abused family members. For those of you who have not been in this program, you would be surprised at what these kids have done in the home and what they admit to once the first impact letters arrive. If you think these kids are there for smoking pot once or twice or skipping school, you are quite wrong.