On 2005-03-25 18:37:00, Lawsuit Sue wrote:
"I believe the list you provided can each be a reason to send a child to a program by itself.For instance take depression. To what extent is the depression? How long has he/she been depressed? To what extent is the child depressed? Does it effect his/her schoolwork? Is he/she considering suicide or physical harm? Sometimes anti-depresants such as Zoloft are the only thing required. Sometimes it is necessary to enroll a child into a program.I hope this eases your mind and I thank you once again for your interest in Pure.
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I am one of the good people in all of this.[ This Message was edited by: Lawsuit Sue on 2005-03-25 18:38 ]"
I was terrible about my homework, and didnt give a shit about school, until college started, but I still managed to ace every test I took and came out just fine, not counting the financial situation my father put me in.
I was also depressed a lot because of my dad's lack of ability to be a father, and because schools in the USA suck more or less now. I also had a semantic-pragmatic disorder... in other words, I didnt properly understand what people meant with everything they said, and said things 'weird' because I didnt know how they'd interpret what I told them. It was 'fixed' by having some good friends, some of which older than my age group (people in their 30s and 40s), and some weekly therapy for one hour.
Had I been put in a program I would have either just been locked up for a few years and put up with boredom and bullshit, or ended up in one of the bad ones and been destroyed. There's NO reason I needed a program and I came out just fine but I'm sure you would have referred my mother if she was stupid enough to call you!
What it comes down to is
1. if you dont enroll kids you make no money!
2. you have basically listed *EVERY* problem that a teenager might have and none of them require program incarceration!
3. *YOU* make the determination? WTF are you? A doctor? What qualifications do you have? NONE!
Also - I know this isn't sue, but I'm sure Sue is *READING* this, and other parents on the forum are, so why not go for it? Next best thing to chewing her out on Hardball or some other cable TV show :grin:
Lighthouses are more helpful then churches.
--Benjamin Franklin, American Founding Father, author, and inventor
[ This Message was edited by: Nihilanthic on 2005-03-26 13:18 ]