Treatment Abuse, Behavior Modification, Thought Reform > Lighthouse of northwest florida (fka VCA )/ Rebekah / Roloff )
Lester Roloffs Rebekah Home for Girls Survivors-Cult-mindcon
rebeccaramirez:
Actually, the staff and director are HAPPY to see the "students" make mistakes and start the program again. It means more money!
Oh, many times I witnessed the staff make up a stupid excuse to punish or demote a girl. I have seen girls go from helper to buddy or detention for no good reason. Maybe she was hungry and had to steal food, or maybe she felt sick and couldn't eat all of her food, or maybe she was having a bad day because she felt unloved - all punishable actions by Victory's standards. The staff lies to parents and the parents don't know any better because they don't have proper communication with their children. Many times, parents are trapped into feeling that they have no other choice except to keep the child there after a year because they have already invested so much money, and are hoping that one day their daughter will CHANGE.
My experiences have shown me that change can not be forced, only encouraged. In addition, the person expected to change, must have the genuine desire to make changes. These behavioral modification programs are merely a money pit for parents, a holding cell for adolescents, and a joke to real therapy. Yeah, it may keep teenage girls out of trouble, but at the expense of their quality of life, later on, as adults.
girlfriday:
You have a very valid point! My parents kept me at Victory for 22+ months, way past when they initially promised I could come home. Most girls stayed past their year. Since communication is so stifled, my parents listened to Mrs P when she recommended that I stay there til graduation. I had been counting down the days til my year and when I got busted 3 weeks before I was to be sent home (buddy, dorm silence, etc.) they let me come home for a visit to california and Houston since they already had the plane tickets, then sent me right back! My aunt wanted to keep me in Houston and not put me on the plane but my mom made her do it. They said if I was good I'd get to come home at Christmas. Christmas came around and they let me come hopme for a week, then sent me back til I graduated. If they had told me from the beginning that I would be there til graduation, my PACES would have been done by my year!
Anonymous:
Palmers had three daughters, no sones.
Anonymous:
Was Michele Dupre the girl who got licks just before they moved to Missouri? I remember a fair skinned girl with blonde hair who was in lock-up and came out with burst blood vessels on her legs. I don't think she went to Missouri. Maybe she went home.
Anonymous:
i was told that there was a Palmer Senior and then a Palmer junior...
thank you for telling this part....
no sons?????
this is not what i have always heard, i have heard there are two mike palmers, one the father and the other the son...
i was under teh impression that Mike Palmer "SR" was best buddies with Lester Roloff....
thanks
Rebekah Survivor to Overcomer
1970's
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