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The Troubled Teen Industry / Re: Measurement of Success
« on: March 13, 2009, 02:31:55 PM »Quote from: "Guest"
No, it's not that strange. I doubt many europeans could afford $5,000 a month for there kid, or any other reason. New trends start in America because we work hard and make a lot of money and spend it to make our lives better for our families. Every country has problems dealing with troubled youth. Socialist countries in europe send them away to state-run juvenile detention. American parents could call the police and send their kid to juvenile hall, but instead find a more effective option that will not leave a criminal record. Even poorer countries don't do anything for their youths, and they get drawn into religious extremism and cause all sorts of troubled for everyone.
that's like saying "there are no programs in Uganda, that proves that programs don't provide a needed service". That argument doesn't work, because if that were true programs would be out of business already. American parents utilize program services for a reason and just because other people can't afford it or societies would rather have government dealing with their kids, it doesn't prove anything other than America is #1 again in finding safe and helpful ways of dealing with troubled teens.
Oh my... I just have to say, this is rich. Have you any idea what is happening in your world right now? Have you ever left the comfort of your sad, delusional country (you know, the one one the verge of complete economic collapse and drowning in debt) and your pathetic, failed dogma?
Honestly, I can only feel compassion for people like you. Your xenophobia prevents you from seeing how beautiful the world outside your own fortress really is. Perhaps let down the drawbridge one day and go exploring for a bit.