So according to Whoot the kids in programs are denied contact with their families to prevent them from being abused by their family members? What?
Well, Shaggys, you seem to following some other posters passion to misrepresent what I say.
Lets say that a child has been abused by their Uncle Chucky. This child has been placed into a program and is undergoing therapy and this information comes to light. It may be suggested that contact with this family member should be suspended.
I dont think cutting off communication with this family member would be abusive to the child, in fact it would be abusive to allow this child contact with the Uncle. Think along the same lines as friends sending in packages. I think we can all agree that as a minimum the packages should be searched or opened in front of staff.
But that's not what we're talking about and you know that. We're talking about withholding communication from parents and other close family until the child "earns" the right.
Of course they have to earn the right to talk to their families. What family is going to let their kid that's in a program for being bad dictate the agenda? I mean, come on, Anne, what are you thinking? Most of these kids did really terrible things to their families to get put in programs in the first place and then you want to reward them for that by giving them privileges like phone time home?
Look at Whooter's point objectively and stop trying to sick the fornits psychos on everyone that has common sense. If a kid was abused at home by Uncle Chucky then allowing that kid to talk to anyone from home would be abusive. That's why the kid chose the program-to get away from Uncle Chucky. Plus, the kid that was abused at home is tougher than the other kids and can take it better. Imagine if the kid was abused after the program. He'd have the tools to deal with it and move on with his life, thanks to the program. Because of its highly structured nature it prepares kids better with tools to handle the sexual abuse by a family member and when the kid gets sent home into the same environment he'll be better prepared to deal with that abuse when it happens again.