I would not tolerate that. I don't think it is necessary to bully or belittle people.
So you agree that these seminars, as they are used in today's programs, are wrong? For both parents and kids? You consider this bullying -- belittling... abusive?
I had a family member who attended a seminar called EST in the early 80's, it was a 2 weekend 60 hour course and just listening to what the people had to go through, no bathroom breaks etc. it wouldn't be for me.
I've had it verified from CEDU staff (Penelope Valentine, for one), that est and lifeSpring were primary influences in CEDU's Propheets, which form the basis for Aspen's LifeSteps. Would you say that this entire experiment with LGATs was a mistake?
It wore off in a couple of weeks and all was forgotten. Probably a good exercise in human behavior.
Indeed the intended effects do wear off, but not always the unintended effects. Margaret T. Singer (not Sanger) and others
called these "casualties". Just to quote "
the Lieberman and Yalom studies (19xx) of encounter groups indicated that "the people who experienced negative results in combination with the psychological casualties constituted about 19% ... or for close to one out of five people who participated in these group experiences, the results were harmful"" Given that evidence and the fact both est's successor, Landmark Education and LifeSpring both to my knowledge recommend adults with psychological trauma or difficulty
not go through their seminars, do you really think it's a good idea to be putting vulnerable kids who very likely may have psychological issues, through the very same thing (often far worse)?