Honestly it really screwed my brother up. He was nine years old when I left, and still to this day he blames my parents for all my problems that got me sent to elan.
My mother became depressed over me being away, and my brother got lost in all the shit. My brother also had a tough adolescence like I did, only my depression was more intrverted, while his anger and saddness is very extraverted, this is generally typical of males, and females.
I tried to maintain a normal, and healthy relationship with my him while I was in elan. I wrote to him as much as I could, but he was still hurt.
Parents don't relaize when they send one child to elan it's like sending both (or all siblings) to elan, because they all suffer through the whole experience. I don't even want to get into when both siblings end up at elan.
I remember when Jamie Carpenter's sisters drove all the way up to elan, and onto campus trying to bust Jamie out. They just missed their brother and wanted him back home.
-Rachel
