This is awesome. I just found this old site for parents of kids in Paradise Cove.
http://www.vpp.com/teenhelp/pokis1.htmlThis particular part is just classic.
"How many of you have not received what I call those "horrible, terrible, no good, very bad letters?" They talk about malnutrition, thievery, the other boys who are so much worse and who you certainly wouldn't want your son to associate with, surgery without anesthesia (yes, from my son, regarding an incision and drainage of an infection on his foot done the same way in the U.S.), the mean staff, the bugs, etc., etc., etc.? Did you know that your sons trade these stories, and that their purpose is to convince you to bring them home?"
I wonder what the idiot parent thought after Paradise Cove was closed and sister programs of WWASPS in Mexico, Jamaica, and Costa Rica were all closed because of these very problems. We were all cut to hell because we only had cheap foam flip-flops to wear (sometimes) and were forced to run in areas littered with shards of coral and volcanic rock. Infections and boils were rampant, you had flies constantly feasting on open wounds, cockroaches everywhere, you were rarely fed enough (usually hungrier after we ate than before)... I could go on and on and on. I wrote one of those nasty letters to my parents when I got there, and the program convinced them it was all a lie, and I paid the price for that letter.
http://suescheffdefeatswwasps.blogspot. ... -jury.html"Photos were shown of children who were locked inside The ISO Box (Isolation Box), a wooden structure no larger than a small closet at WWASP's Paradise Cove program in Western Samoa. Children told of their experiences when they were hog-tied, struck by staff members, and duct-taped during their stay. When an investigation into allegations of child abuse and neglect was initiated, WWASP closed this program.
Again at Paradise Cove in Western Samoa, bugs were seen in the children's meager food portions. There were photos of children with skin infections, including scabies.
Former victims demonstrated the abuse and neglect they endured. They also verbalized it on Dateline, Primetime, Inside Edition and 48 Hours."