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Anonymous:
(Excerpted from the December Issue of the Source Magazine with absolutely no permission other than that granted under the First Amendment to further public policy discussion concerning the conditions under which some 2,200 American Citizens are being treated by the For-Profit affiliates of your favorite "not-for-profit" association.

I trust that these thoughtful words will reassure program parents and reformers alike during this holiday season. However, this may take practice. Enjoy the entire experience.)

"Jingle Bells...or Jingle Blues?
by Glenda Gabriel,  Editor of the Source Magazine,  Dec. 2003.

You're officially in the middle of the holiday season,  How's it going, thus far?  Dreadful or delightful?  Are you telling yourself its not possible to have a happy holiday season because your child is in a program?  Or are you celebrating the new choices they now have in front of them to create and achieve the potential you've always seen.? ...

    Life was out of balance prior to the Program.  I have yet to encounter a student who was demonstrating respect and appreciation toward their family prior to entering the Program.  These young people now have an opportunity to make new choices.  And so do you!  You get to choose whether or not your holidays will be wonderfuil or woeful...filled with gratefulness or grungies... peace or pity... jingle bells, or jingle blues.  Its your choice!"  

    "There are other people in your life besides your child in the Program; and they deserve to have a happy, joyous, holiday,  filled with fun... and that includes you too!  All of you haqve been put on the back burner while your 'Program Child' sucked the majority of your energy, attention, worry, stress and focus.  Enough already!  How does' Life in Balance' sound to you?  What a wonderful holiday gift that would be!"

(note: all breathless exclamation points were as contained in original article.)

Anonymous:
Tell the Grinches what they want to hear.  Like Ginger said, kids don't sign checks.  Their parents do. And what greater gift to give themselves than a free "NO GUILT" pass to help them celebrate the holidays without their children.  After all, it's just Christmas.

 :cry:

scottT:
Well Gee Whiz! Sure I want My holiday to be WONDERFUL! Only some dumb-ass with a terminal case of the grundgies would CHOSE to have holiday that was WOEFUL!  

Three cheers and a Tiger for ME!

Antigen:
But just look at the tone of it. In another thread (Apologia...) we have a WWASP advocate telling us that the program doesn't emphasise that the kid is the problem, that the whole family is in treatment, yadda, yadda, yadda...

The truth is they only say that to the parents when they're trying to guilt trip them into doing something or into accepting something that their gut tells them to resist. The rest of the time it's "Hey, folks, enjoy your vacation. The little pain in the ass is our problem till we send him back to you!"

You should feel guilty about locking your kid up. You should be worried about them. Especially at Christmas.
A wise and frugal government, which shall restrain men from injuring one another; shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement
Thomas Jefferson
--- End quote ---

Anonymous:
Actually, I would have said, "IT's OKAY to feel whatever you are feeling."  Don't most parents with kids in the program this time of year miss the way it was during the holidays BEFORE all the chaos?  Don't a lot of families hold that image?  Isn't it natural and normal to miss the way it used to be?  Aren't the kids in the program missing their parents as well?  Maybe they're also missing those expensive presents they're not going to get this year. Could make the whole family focus on what's really important and look at that as a gift instead of the "things"

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