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Thayer Learning Center in Kidder MO
Anonymous:
To the person who said they had to stand on their feet for 7 days because they tried to run away - but it is OK because it's "tough love". If a parent did that and the child called the authorities, it would be considered child abuse,period. While I am not a big one on spelling and grammar - I make my share of mistakes, the way the program is presented to the parents is that the child gets quality education. All the postings I have seen from former students usually aren't very well written. I hope you are doing well in your life now, but please, remember that what Thayer calls tough love is just plain abuse. Just because you don't hit someone doesn't mean they're not abused.
Brown:
I am a recent graduate of the program and I just want to say, that towards the end of my program, I myself caught three kids that tried to run away. None of them were forced to stand on their feet for days on end. One of the programs main points that they try to drill into us is making a different choice. Well that wouldn't be possible with the abuse that is mentioned. I do agree with you though. Abuse does not mean someone was to be hit physically. Abuse can come in all sorts of other forms.
I agree with the other guy that posted talking about keeping kids through out the entire program. I think that is the only way to be able to see the full message of the program. I learned more in that last week of my program than I did in the month leading up to my graduation.
Brown:
To the Anonymous poster that mentioned how he left the program early. What facility were you at? Because I was at Spring Creek, and there was a family rep that was there named Mr. Riddle. I was really close with him. I went to Spring Creek on March 31, 2003 and I graduated in May of 2004.
Email me at
brown92785@yahoo.com
or just post something, even if you didn't go to spring creek, where did u go?
Anonymous:
the difference is that we wernt at home we were at a program, a program with intentions to mentally break us down and then build us back up in a positive way, that was my breaking point. Also dont point out my grammatical mistakes, i have classes to attend and homework to do. I respond to this forum between class and break so im constantly in a rush. Trust me their is no amount of push ups you can make someone do to change their state of mind, what did it for me was being put in isolation for a week and haveing that time to think about my actions. Its up to the individual to choose the correct path. Not a drill seargent yelling out commands. It gets alot more complicated than what i just stated but i honestly dont have the time to discuss. T.L.C staff are people who try to help teenagers, i did run into some bad people their i dont want to point anyone out but its a good place with good intentions even though the "wheat cereal" was nasty.
Anonymous:
Torture and destruction of their psyche is not treatment.
You can call it a good intention to brainwash someone good but they say the road to hell is paved with good intentions.
I hope they all reached their destination.
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