To the Escort who claims most of us were not in programs: WRONG. And, speaking from experience as a non violent non drug induced former program teen, I can tell you MANY of the kids were pretty harmless and many parents just couldn't deal with the burden of raising teenagers. Also, both programs and parents are going to give you a spiel about these kids being too dangerous to escort themselves. The parents are cowards; and the programs have a vested interest in warehousing kids. Some parents were cowards and would rather pay a escort to take their child away than face the child theirselves. I can't tell you how many kids were escorted in my era that presented no threat to the parent other than fear of honesty. As for kids reacting against the escort, can you blame them? That would be a truly frightening and shocking meoment to be ambushed and essentially, kidnapped.
