Only the frightened and weak parents succumb to the brainwashing of CEDU. Most parents have their own agendas. I worked for many years with the parents, forgive me, and I know that for most parents, they keep their kids in the program because they don't want them at home. Then there is the Hilton-type parent who just wants to scare the shit out of their out-of-control child. So, they send their kid to CEDU for a little wake-up call.
There is nothing wrong with a little wake-up call, though CEDU will tell the parent that they have just signed their child's death warrent. HA. Paris may not be their idea of the perfect daugher, but she is making her way. I wish I could say the same for many of the students I know who spent 2-3 years in the program. There is no one answer for every child. I was instructed to say the same thing to every parent. "If you take your child out of the program early, it's like taking a heart patient off the operating table before you close them up." The only thing that matter was that the kid was left in the program. I was good, forgive me.
There is no one answer for everyone. For Paris, she may have had the wake-up call she needed. Had she been forced to graduate CEDU, her ass might have ended up in a psych hospital instead of the internet and national TV.