Turley Law Firm and their "movement"? It's a law firm, for pete's sake ... not an advocacy or activist group. They are getting paid for their work are they not? Nothing wrong with that, of course, but let's keep it in perspective shall we?
Having said that, I think most people would agree that the true victims of the troubled teen industry racket are the kids. While it's unfortunate the parents feel they were "defauded" --- all they lost was money. Their children lost something that can never be replaced. Any financial reward should go to the children, IMO. They had no say in their abusive treatment and while their parents may claim it was a decision they deeply regret, they should be held accountable for funding the maltreatment of their child. How many of these parents signed away the rights of their own child to talk to them on the phone? Write to them freely (meaning non-censored)? Complain about abusive conditions? I would imagine most of them. What kind of parent does that? Cuts off communication with their own kid until the program says they can? That's just plain nuts. Where's the accountability on the part of parents? It's a tough question I admit but one that needs to be addressed if other parents are going to wise up and realize there are consequences to outsourcing "parenting".
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