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Dr. Phil again and again

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Whooter:

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--- Quote from: "Joel" ---Oscar the teens smoke, drink, speed, pop pills, disappear all night and disrespect their parents all day.  There are two sides to this story.  I don't have a problem with your topic but post all the facts.  The facts including their behaviors, Oscar.  Whereas they should not be sent to a program that is unsafe.
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I take your point here but we are only hearing one side of things as kids hardly have the right of rebuttal on these shows. I would say the fact that the dad did not immediately send them shows that he had doubts indicating that it is *possible* that the kids are not quite as bad as Dr Phil thinks. Also the fact that the mother then broke some of the rules indicates that she obviously had doubts as well about whether all the rules are entirely reasonable. Why anybody chooses tv as the forum to address their kid's behavioral issues to me indicates classic fith syndrome. I also would think that of all the problems on the list "disrespect" which is really another way of saying rude and obnoxious is the one that should especially be addressed by the parents. It is their job to teach kids about manners and courtesy and basic human decency.  If they are not willing to do this and fight this battle then it is little wonder that the kids treat them with contempt
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Its the parents job to teach their children "everything".  As a society we have become so reliant on social services that we dont take responsibility for our own children.  The public school system now teaches sex education, nutrition, they feed out kids and some schools are teaching manners and other social skills.  I was talking to a group of people the other day about home schooling and most of them turned their noses down and said "What about socialization!!,  The kids need to be socialized".  Why should we expect our kids to learn how to be social from other kids?  This is nuts.  Kids learn from their parents and should learn from their parents, not from other kids or families or government institutions.



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Oscar:
They have started to use the show as marketing. Not surprising: Turn-About Ranch Residential Treatment Center for Troubled Teens Featured on Dr. Phil

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