Website review: When Is "Tough Love" Torture?
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anneliese rated 2 months ago- From the page: ""Last time this country witnessed somebody with a bag over his head and a noose around his neck, the world was horrified and the nation was embarrassed," thundered Rep. George Miller, on hearing testimony this April regarding abusive treatment of troubled teens in unregulated residential programs. "To be told [by these witnesses] that this is considered a valid therapy by someone in the care of someone else's child…It's hard to believe." Millerâ€"who chairs the House Education and Labor Committeeâ€"had called for the congressional hearings to introduce legislation to regulate the programs, which use such "tough love" methods in an attempt to discipline difficult adolescents. He'd also requested a Government Accountability Office (GAO) investigation. At the first round of hearings last October, the GAO had released its initial report, finding "thousands" of allegations of child abuse, medical neglect and "reckless and negligent operating practices," in "boot camps, "wilderness programs" and "academies," which currently hold tens of thousands of American youth. Two additional GAO reports were introduced at the April hearingsâ€"with investigators describing the treatment of some of the youth as "torture." One youth was beaten for weeks and denied medical attention after a suicide attempt left him with an exposed bone from a broken arm; others were taunted, then ignored as they lay dying; some were even hooded and had nooses placed around their necks." Raising teens (even healthy teens) is rough. And some kids need additional help but this kind of place is not going to help! I can see hard work and winderness training helping a troubled kid but only when it is used to bolster skills and build self-esteem. A noose around the neck is *NOT* ever going to help. Operators of these camps need to be investigated.
