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Anonymous:
Thanks so much to the Mom for posting, it would be great if more parents would join in these discussions. Their experiences are from a different perspective and document the long term effects of this program and others like it. Someone very dear to me is currently a "student" at MMS, and based upon my personal experience, I am sad to say that I do not think things have changed much over the years. The program is, and will continue to be, a reflection of the person who runs it.

Anonymous:
I do hope that other parents will post. Moms and dads. Fathers love their little girls too and if they are harmed in any way it would be nice to hear from them as well.

Antigen:
Yes, it is good to hear from the parents. I have a question, too. Please don't take this the wrong way, but why did't you pull your daughter if you weren't happy w/ the school? You say there were few other options. What does that mean?

I'm not suggesting that, lacking the hind sight you now have, that there wasn't any good reason. I'm trying to tease out a little more of the parent's perspective. How did they go about keeping you hooked in?

If All it takes is an infinite number of monkeys with type writers, then how come there's no Shakespeare coming out of AOL?
-- Anonymous

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Anonymous:
I have to agree with whoever said that different people were treated differently. While I was there (94-96) I saw Mike be a darling to some girls, the ones that he liked, and i saw him be totally abusive to girls that he didn't like, or that he thought were "needy". I saw him be particularly abuusive during group to girls that were younger (I would tellyou their names, but probably not a good idea, for privacy). I could also tell you the names of the girls that he did like, who were older, funnier). When it comes to John mercer, its hard for me to say, because he never really fucked with me...he picked his victims wisely. He knew how to make you cry at the dro of a hat, and I honestly think that he enjoyed every second of it. This was never my experience with him, but then again, iavoided himm a lot.These two men had the major impact on the girls there. Coleen? she didn't do anything. Deb? she only took care of the food and things... I think she herself has a major eating disorder. Gary was the only sane person there, but I think John andMike considered him a wimp, and never took him seriously. Since I left I did not keep in touch with anyone there for more than 1 month, but another girl has told me about the stuff that has gone on there, which if it is true, qualifies this place as unsafe for girls that are seeking therapy. I appreciate everyones posts; i come and check everyonce in a while. You guys are brave. Keep postin.

Anonymous:
I think the State of Montana should be ashamed of itself for allowing MMS and others like it to circumvent the law by calling themselves boarding schools. How many legitimate boarding schools do not allow students to use the phone (privately), receive uncensored mail or have visitors? How many real boarding schools use students as forced laborers to shovel horse manure, clear brush, build fences and clean staff members houses. I would venture to say zero! These places are not boarding schools, but private and very profitable juvenile prisons. John Mercer is not a headmaster, but a warden, and his precious young inmates are being brainwashed and abused under the guise of education. The citizens of Montana need to wake up and realize that because of the non-existant child protective laws and lack of regulation, their state is becoming the mecca for abusive facilities being forced out of other states.

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