Sometimes the staff are the desperate ones facing criminal charges, but they're automatically believed? You're gullible and an easily led sheep.
Yes, sometimes. There is natural variation in all situations. We see the crooked cop, judge, priest etc. Just because we tend to believe a police officer or students teacher doesn’t mean we are being mislead.
Your blanket defense that kids are lying and program staff are always trustworthy is more than naive, it's moronic and reckless.
Not saying all kids are lying. I am saying the kids are in a position where they feel uncomfortable and powerless compared to their previous lives. We all know what desparate people tend to do.
Not all kids are sent to RTC's because they're fucking up. Anorexics, depressives, kids with ADHD and you're assuming they're all lazy punks who are going to claim they're being harmed to get out? Shit. Tell that to the dead kids who were never heard. Some kids actually participate in picking a program. You know that, don't you? So they start lying to "escape"? You really are obtuse.
Every child is different and some do not belong in residential treatment. I believe it would help to have a third party sign off on all placements. This would help alleviate those kids being placed that should not be there.
And again: If the kid says they're being harmed, reporting the allegation is MANDATORY in all fifty states. It's mandatory for the parents to report it despite the programs dismissal of such claims as manipulation.
Exactly, if a child says they are being harmed then sure any parent would report it. I am talking about the kids who are not willing to work and may fabricate stories to try to get out.
There are too many dead kids.
1 child is too many in my opinion.
Why would any parent take your attitude that their kids are automatically lying? Not everyone is going to be a sheep like you and blindly follow what strangers in an RTC say over their children. That kind of blind faith is stupid, who, and by encouraging parents to disregard their child's reports of abuse you are encouraging them to break the law. If a kid reported being physically harmed in an RTC to his parents or staff and then died from abuse I would want the parents charged with negligent homicide, failure to report abuse allegations.
I believe any parent who feels their child is in danger would call the authorities, pull their child immediately. I know I would.
I'd like to see staff who kill held accountable and sentenced accordingly for homicide. It didn't happen in Brendan Blum's case. The people who let Brendan lay there all night in agony before dying walked. The people who were paid to be responsible for him denied responsibility and no one answered for the negligence thal killed Brendan.
That was tragic situation, indeed. But not all situations are the same, not every school is a columbine or every teacher a rapist. We cant just shut down the entire industry because of a few bad apples. We cant shut down the police force because of crooked cops or public schools because of abusive teachers. We need to keep working to make these places safe.
If you bought a bad bag of weed would you want to kill the dealer? Bomb Columbia? Wipe out every dealer on the planet? Maybe if a loved one died you would! And it would be a normal reaction. So I am able to see why people get this upset. But, unlike many here, I also see the benefit these schools and programs have provided to many kids and their families. These are the stories you do not read about here on fornits.
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