On 2005-07-11 17:06:00, Anonymous wrote:
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On 2005-07-11 16:59:00, Anonymous wrote:
"What about parents who believed the placement was a boarding school that offered psychological therapy, equine therapy--and had that expectation?"
Any therapy for my child will be done under my close watchful eye......And I would wander why a child needs therapy of that magnitude (placement or hospitalization. It sounds as if parents are passing their problems on to others to "fix". Problems or issues that they in some way have helped to create. While the children are away, what are the parents doing to get "therapy". On a horse, couch or group, you do not throw your children to strangers."
In principle, I agree with you Anon.
The problem is parents in crisis are an easy mark for the ed cons and private referral agencies who convince them to put their kid into these programs before it's too late to save them.
Trust me, no parent sends their kid away with the expectation they are paying to have them abused, or God forbid, commit suicide (as in the case of
Ryan Lewis, the little boy who hung himself at Allredge Academy).
What bothers me is this group of W parents who are so quick to accuse the other parents and children of lying and/or making up stories.
Now that's really twisted. Why don't they wait and see what happens when the case goes to trial? Wouldn't that be the fair and righteous thing to do?
The state (not the parents) investigated the W and brought charges, though I do believe it's possible the parents might have brought a civil lawsuit?