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mose:
Need information (both negative and positive) about recent experiences with Hyde School in Woodstock, CT and  The Family Foundation School in Hancock, New York.
 
Also does anyone have any recommendation for an authentically nurturing environment in a boarding school for a teen in recovery from drug addiction. She does not want to live at home or in NYC anymore.
 
mose
NYC

Anonymous:
Hi, mose this is tommyfromhyde.
Please stay away from Hyde School! I know they
have a very slick pitch.
I was shipped off to Hyde in 1976 at age 14.
Hyde is a very cruel and sadistic place.
I witnessed people being forced to dig 6'holes
and fill them back in again over and over for
months at a time dawn to dusk. This is called
"work crew" at Hyde. This happens to people
not only for the obvious stuff but for not
being an athlete (and Hyde sports are BRUTAL),
a poor grade or because someone ELSE did something.
Anyway, I ran away from the place 3 times.
(from the Bath,ME campus not Woodstock,CT
which didn't exist in '76)

Anonymous:
Hi Tommy,
It's sounded brutal for you to have gone to Hyde in the 1970's. But 1976 was a different era! I was a teen in the early 70's. I wouldn't judge anything from that era for a true assessment of how a place now runs. (except maybe Elan).

Hyde could not get away with this type of behavior towards kids in 2002 when they are called a "Boarding school".  Where would you send your teen who needed a school to attend. I'm definitely not looking for punishment for my daughter. She is a recovering drug addict 15 year old. She has the tools for recovery now she need a place to finish school in a healthy environment. She is not being forced to do this.  I do know that sports are used as a way to build character and confidence at Hyde. My daughter is a good athlete so she wouldn't mind the emphasis on sports.
 
Does anyone have any recent information about Hyde or a recommendation for a school?

Cypress:

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Hyde could not get away with this type of behavior towards kids in 2002 when they are called a "Boarding school".  
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Just wondering how you can make such a statement? Do a bit of research and you will find that many of these "boarding schools" do in fact use rather harsh treatment to this day. Please, don't be fooled by slick advertising.

FaceKhan:
On the contrary, although domestic violence and abuse by parents is a lot harder to get away with now than it used to be, abuse of kids and teens and adults in institutions both public and private are even more common than they were before because of the massive cash cow that providing these services represents, particularly to fringe and cult groups like Teen Help. Plus youth placement in lock-down facilities and "Treatment" have increased greatly because of the increasing fear of young people in our society and the blind acceptance of biological psychiatry that assumes that chemical imbalances and physical addictions are the source of most psychological and behavior problems.

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