http://www.nick.com/videos/clip/nick-ne ... isode.html “If I didn’t come to rehab I’d probably be in jail right now” “What doesn’t show in the wash will show in the rinse” … (The Kid at Daytop)
It all comes out in the wash they say...a lot at Daytop. That loaded language is not that child's native tongue.
I’m somehow both unsurprised and disappointed that this is just another white washed infomercial, Nick News w/ Linda Ellerbe have covered some serious topics with far more depth than some of what I’ve seen on other networks,
They certainly could’ve done better than giving isolated accounts that show little (almost none) of the routine in the programs they featured (except of course the yoga). If the producers realized they weren’t being given access to more than interviews conducted during the course of individual counseling sessions, they should have taken issue with the fact that such sessions are not the mainstay of these programs and are hardly representative of the routine in Phoenix House or Daytop or for that matter “of following someone’s progress”. It’s nothing more than a propaganda piece when presented in such a limited context that doesn’t represent the “journey” or just daily life all of the other kids not selected to rep the program are having off camera.