Come on guys, maybe this person is really worried what his son is going to do to himself, give him some slack
Sometimes some kids really do need to go into a program for their own safety - just not ones where they will be abused
you wouldn't leave a mentally ill person roaming the street without help would you, or someone with cancer without hospital treatment, alcoholism and drig abuse is an illness, this kid needs help and so do the parents, they cannot possibly deal with his problems unless they are trained to do so