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Dicussions with parents about seed experiences
Jimmy Cusick:
Hi stripe, im very glad that you found this forum, isnt it about time that someone created this? I thank them as this has opened some doors for me.
I am from the Cleveland area and was sent to the Ft. Lauderdale seed July 1st, 1974. A lot of parents in the suburbs were sending their kids to the seed because they were afraid of drugs and newspaper headlines claiming crimes and suicides were the result of smoking pot and dropping L.S.D. Actually the catholic church steered my parents toward other parents in Cleveland who's kids had been sent down. I was on a southbound airplane faster than you can imagine.
In response to your seeking other seedlings to share their experience I must tell you that this forum is one of the best things that ever happened to me because I was a very upset, pissed-off, resentful seedling graduate for 30 years. In a few short months my attitude has made a transformation. I wont get into that at your request
My parents did the best thing in those days. They thought I had a drug problem and in truth I didnt, I was experimenting with pot and L.S.D. a few times and got caught. They put the family in financial jeapordy by flying me to Florida and my Mom came down and lived in a trailer for 2 months, I honestly dont know how much the seed charged per kid but I do know my parents had to borrow money to pay for it.
Over the years I told my parents about some of the downfalls in the seed. In the rap sessions they told us that our parents were stupid assholes and didnt know anything. Unfortunatly I bought into that and believed it until years later
4 years ago my Mom was dying (Age 70)and we talked about the seed. I deeply regret that because now she is gone and I cant thank her for doing the best that she and my dad could at that time. I told her that I hated all the staff, that we sat in hard chairs 12 hours a day, that we ate peanut butter and jelly sandwiches 3 times a day, and that we were brainwashed and they eventually came to believe that there were problems with the seed.
I suggest you take some time being exposed to this forum. If you have to vent anger and rage towards the seed pick a spouse or friend or therapist but dont choose your elderly parents. IT WASNT THEIR FAULT.
I hope you come to the terms of what happened to you at the seed and how that has affected who you are today. I have found both negative and positive, the choice is yours depending on your desire to find inner peace.
Jimmy ::boohoo::
GregFL:
Yeah, you were all celebate...except Art of course.
REAL easy to joke around about sex when you get to bust a nut now and then, eh?
I am so glad I didn't hang around that nuthouse for years bottling up my sperm and trying to perfect myself into super duper superseedling.
Jesus, How did you guys sleep at night?
:grin:
cleveland:
Yes, that was one of the weird aspects of the Seed. I can totally understand that if you have a bunch of young kids on your hands, you'd want to limit the relationships. On the other hand, how many kids learn about sex in band camp, or religious retreats, or whatever...and most of them turn out OK, right? Our society has crazy attitudes toward sex, especially with our kids. And of course, there's reason for the fear, but the Seed was absolutely crazy about it. NO SEX. That was an unstated rule, but we all talked about 'gamey' chicks and user guys and how no one really cared about anyone 'out there.' So, we were a bunch of paranoid non-sexual beings. Those who dated did so with Art's consent, or had to leave to continue. Really strange.
Anonymous:
Yes, especially considering the fact most of you were in your 20s and 30s and "forbidden" to have sex.
Very strange indeed.
echothis:
I never discussed the Seed experiences with my parents. Actually am very glad I didn't. I went there in 1970 I think. Fort Lauderdale at an old house that was connected to a garage? via a tin roof. If you were facing this house it had a large yard to the right of it. That's where Christmas celebrations were held in that large yard. Behind the house was a tree with gravel around it and we would have rap sessions there on the gravel. There wasn't many there when I first started but by the time we moved away to Ohio 9 months later it had really grown ALOT! I sat there every minute so scared that I would get come down on. I never made any waves just did my time to get the hell out. Thank God my dad was transfered to Ohio. There was no Seed there at that time and I don't think he would of sent us to another one anyways. He couldn't stand Art. :grin: :grin:
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