CCM, I went thru the same thing you are (a couple of times). It is hard for anyone to here to fathom that people have positive experiences. 20,000 to 30,000 kids a year benefit from the industry and a handful do not and this is how they justify their position. People here focus on the handful and ignore the rest.
Anyone who disagrees with them must be on the payroll…
Sure kids get abused by members in the teen industry.. but this applies to any industry which deals with children from day care centers to our own public school system. Regulation isn’t going to stop it because people will figure out a way to hurt kids if that is what they want to do. we all know this by listening to the news everyday. It happens everywhere.
Instead of looking at individual cases we need to step back and look at the industry as a whole. If you do you will see that TBS’s are the safest alternative for a child at risk who hasn’t responded well to local options. If parents talk to the schools and/or parents who had kids go thru some of these programs they will get a better sense themselves and this is what I recommend (dont take anyones word from the internet, including mine, check it out for yourselves)
You got to love the logic, though. It’s a blast reading thru these posts on this thread CCM.
Ps: Niles I am proud of you. You kept your cool in the midst of controversy and walked away when you were proven wrong instead of posting porn and animal pictures. It’s a good sign and seems to be working for you.
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