Treatment Abuse, Behavior Modification, Thought Reform > The Troubled Teen Industry
PURE Rebuttal - It All Makes Sense Now
Anonymous:
Hello: I just have to share this with you all. Several months ago I was looking for a wake up call for my 16 year old. I called several places looking for help. I talked to a very nice lady at Cross Creek Programs who told me that she didn't see the issues being serious enough for a long term program. She didn't send me anything other than what she said she would, a packet with a video and brochures. She said to call her if things began to escalate. End of story. I happened upon PURE and spoke to a Ms. Peart. WHOLE different story there. Not only did she recommend a VERY expensive boot camp, but she told me all about WWASP, as I had shared I talked with someone at one of their schools. She made sure I knew about this website and all the newspaper articles. It actually didn't make any sense to me and I didn't look here until tonight. I know that the lady i spoke with at Cross Creek had my best interests at heart, not my pocketbook and numbers. She even referred me to the wilderness program my son just returned from. He is doing great, however, I know about the honeymoon period and am keeping a close eye on any changes. Hopefully I won't ever need them again. I was looking through some of my old papers and saw the info Ms. Peart gave me, and I decided to take a look. I don't care about the badmouthing about WWASPS, I know nobody is always going to be 100% happy. What I do care about, at least for the moment, is the way this PURE organization is hurting families by taking their money and offering help that is less than effective AND is based on lies. Like I said in the other thread. I will never call them again, for any reason. Maybe they'll get exactly what they deserve.
Marcia
Anonymous:
There is a short-term paramilitary style program in Arizona called Reality Ranch. Is this the boot camp you are talking about?
Anonymous:
WWASP and PURE probably deserve each other like Hitler and Stalin
anon:
[ This Message was edited by: KarenZ on 2003-10-17 15:21 ]
Anonymous:
Karen: I sent an e-mail to the educational options site. The response on why Cross Creek got a one star was. "They are part of an organization called WWASPS. Please do some research on them." That was it.
Clearly when educational consultants are paid by a particular school or organization for their services, they give them a low/one star rating.
I don't see where it is unbiased in any way shape or form. The schools they give a high rating lack much of what most families need, but their may be a fee they just can't resist to refer to them.
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