On 2004-03-31 17:14:00, Anonymous wrote:
"I know Greg, and you have a point, but again; there are good programs; and there are kids who need them. "
Where?
What constitutes a good program?
How can you be sure?
With the countless graduates coming forward and saying they were forced to lie, to scared to tell how they felt, abused and mentally tortured during times they were saying they wanted to be in these programs, how do you descern which behavior modification techniques are mostly good and which are mostly bad? Which programs are mentally abusing children or just as bad, physically torturing them with subtle or overt behavior modification (read; brainwashing) techniques?
I have an idea...subject yourself for a year or two first, then admit your kid. I think then you would have a different frame of reference. But even that wouldn't work because you would approach your captivity with a matured adult brain, not that of a child.
Locking a child up and "modifying" what defines him/her as an individual is a crime against humanity, and doing it under the guise of helping them is akin to totalitarianism.
These residential treatment programs are all based on a lie, that behavior modification works in a beneficial way. It doesn't, not for most people, not most of the time, and it exposes your children to improper risks, destroys what is left of their childhood, and possibly creates mental illness and emotional distress.
You are wrong. The whole freaken lot of teen programs are bad, and kids don't need them, they need other things to help them make good choices.