Brat Camp
Brat Camp
Brat Camp is a reality show on ABC which is produced and directed by Arnold Shapiro who did the first (and IMO only real good) season of Big Brother. Brat Camp is about seven "troubled" teens who are seized from their homes, handcuffed and blindfolded and taken to the SageWalk wilderness camp Oregon in the middle of the night. Initially they're told they'll only be there a week, but this a lie. They are there for 40 days minimum.
When they arrive there, their property is taken away from them and searched, reminiscent of concentrate camp inmates during the Holocaust. The teens are put through a torturous montain hike in a blizzard and are made to learn how to build a campfire. Some of the kids suffer from asthma, but this is not attended to. They are told to "suck it up".
None of these teens deserves to be treated this way. Yes some of them have done some shocking things, like pulling a knife on a family member, but they need counseling and understanding, not torture.
If this were to be done to people over 18, it'd be a rights violation. Because they're under 18, they can be sent to this place against their will, have their property taken from them and then be kept there for as long as their parents want? What a load of shit! When is slavery going to be outlawed in this country?
What do you want to be that many of these kids will recidivate when they get back home? Some will and this is because wildnerness retreats like this do nothing for a teen with emotional problems. If anything they just make them worse because these teens' trust in their families has been violated. Now many of them will seeth with rage against their parents. Stuff like this damages teens' relationships with their families rather than helps them.
Brat Camp is a reality show on ABC which is produced and directed by Arnold Shapiro who did the first (and IMO only real good) season of Big Brother. Brat Camp is about seven "troubled" teens who are seized from their homes, handcuffed and blindfolded and taken to the SageWalk wilderness camp Oregon in the middle of the night. Initially they're told they'll only be there a week, but this a lie. They are there for 40 days minimum.
When they arrive there, their property is taken away from them and searched, reminiscent of concentrate camp inmates during the Holocaust. The teens are put through a torturous montain hike in a blizzard and are made to learn how to build a campfire. Some of the kids suffer from asthma, but this is not attended to. They are told to "suck it up".
None of these teens deserves to be treated this way. Yes some of them have done some shocking things, like pulling a knife on a family member, but they need counseling and understanding, not torture.
If this were to be done to people over 18, it'd be a rights violation. Because they're under 18, they can be sent to this place against their will, have their property taken from them and then be kept there for as long as their parents want? What a load of shit! When is slavery going to be outlawed in this country?
What do you want to be that many of these kids will recidivate when they get back home? Some will and this is because wildnerness retreats like this do nothing for a teen with emotional problems. If anything they just make them worse because these teens' trust in their families has been violated. Now many of them will seeth with rage against their parents. Stuff like this damages teens' relationships with their families rather than helps them.
posted by ShadowHawk at 10:59 AM
3 Comments:
Give me a break! I have counselled and witnessed destructive and self -abusive teenagers. Some of these teens need this discpline and structure to give them a wake up call to life. Otherwise they will end up in prision. Albeit their parents should be in a camp next door learning to deal with parenting issues. Had these parents dealt with their children years ago apprioately with love , care, discipline and structure these teens would not possibly in the position they are in.
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The other anonymous is only partially true in my opinion. I think that they may need more help mentally then being sent to diciplaniary areas, such as the military. I do not aggree on: "Had these parents dealt with their children years ago apprioately with love , care, discipline and structure these teens would not possibly in the position they are in." That is a flase accusation on the parents, for they are only part of the issue at hand. Another reason may be that the hormones that everyone faces may be in effect, and that while they seem as they do, what you need to do is wait just a little more, to see if they are truely brats or not.
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