On 2005-05-04 07:47:00, Anonymous wrote:
"If the program was wrong for someone else, get that kid somewhere else. Work toward helping make things right."
Unfortunately, if you fail to 'work the program' while you are at the facility you will be punished severely. You will be put in isolation, for months living on starvation rations, in filthy dirty conditions. This is my personal experience at a WWASP facility. You get to leave when you turn 18... lucky if you get a ride to the nearest homeless shelter and a 20 dollars.
Don't you see, we ARE working towards making things right by getting the truth out there about WWASP facilities. I was at one, were you? Who exactly are you and what perspective are you bringing to this argument?
Not eliminating something that is successful for people like Perri.
Ah, the old argument of "I"d be in jail or dead if I wasn't at the program." Just because one did not have a terrible experience does not prove anything. Or do you think it does?
I'm glad 100% of the students that go to these facilities are not physically beaten and tortured, but some are. Just because one ex-student had a 'good' experience, doesn't give bystanders the right to discount the rest of our experiences.
Pharmaceuticals is highly regulated industry, to PREVENT INJURY AND DEATH. This 'teen help' industry is not, the owners purposely set up show where the laws are most liberal when it comes to child abuse.
If a parent feels WWASP is a better place to put your kid than all the other places in the world that are genuinely helpful, they are simply lazy and ignorant. (or like many kids there, their parents just wanted them gone)