But it really doesn't matter. Regardless of what you do your child will mature without you doing anything. Every single person have a certain amount of greed. They want jobs, they want success.
That really says it all right there. It doesn't matter if you steal some time from your child's adolescence by placing them in lock down facility (be it hell hole or not so bad) they will still in their own time mature. That is my main issue with people who are pro-program, they all say "its saved her life" or "if it weren't for the program she would be dead" which are completely illogical statements. Not only are the statistics for deaths under age 18 proof of that theory's idiocy but the fact that teenagers since the dawn of time have been rebelling and then growing up makes giving the program any credit for that very ignorant.
Every program parent, and program supporter I have spoken to all have the same excuses... and that's all they are, excuses. When I say things like, "What about Aaron Bacon and Martin Lee Anderson and the many many kids who have committed suicide?" and they say, "That happens in public schools". I say, "Do you really think your kid deserves the abuse that I went through?" they say "That school was a bad apple, they aren't all like that". I say things like, "What if you pick the wrong one, as many do, and your son comes back worse off then he was before" and they say. "At least that's better than letting him destroy our lives too, besides by then he'll be 18 and he can leave my house"
BINGO. Parents are so willing to send their kids away because they do not want to raise a struggling teenager, they do not want that child in their lives. That is why they choose to believe the obvious lies and manipulations of the program staff because this is what they need to believe in order to keep their child away. If they were truly concerned for their child's welfare they would have much more of a problem with the way the program operates. (ie not allowed to have direct unscheduled phone contact, not allowed to visit, not allowed to have their own things, not allowed to see their own doctor and many other obvious red flags) Overall, these parents aren't sold by the program, they are sold by their own desperation to believe that it is possible to get the thing that is stressing them out, out of their lives. They enjoy the thought of having their freedom back that they took for granted before they had children and for most that means they get a second lease on life for only $2000 a month. They might care for and love their children, but they love their life WITHOUT children just a little bit more.
As well, the reason that parents call this the "last resort" is not because they exhausted any other options, it is because ALL other treatment options that are operated morally and responsibly are unwilling to hold a child against their will and force them to change into an obedient robot. No legitimate treatment program would have your child kidnapped, stripped, corralled and controlled. However this is exactly what these parents are looking for. They find these programs hoping to punish them, so that they will come home and be grateful for what they have at home and when these kids finally do arrive home, the shock of it all does have that effect. Fortunately that doesn't last long, and the kid usually go ape shit again, and soon enough these stupid parents realize they've wasted their money.