Horrific Article on Troubled Teen Industry in the USA

You can always call CPS and tell them that you are abused if you are a minor. If you stick with your story then there is a almost 100% chance that whoever has custody of you will have their rights revoked (irrespective of their wealth or social standing). Foster homes aren't pretty too, though.

Why should we care when teens in other countries are living in poverty, or forced to be child soldiers? People in other countries have it much worse.

So....we can only care about the very worst thing that's happening in the world at one time?

Well I don't see many people here trying to help people in Africa...or Saudi Arabia! Hypocrites!

Just because you don't see things doesn't mean they aren't there...

Why should we care when teens in other countries are living in poverty, or forced to be child soldiers? People in other countries have it much worse.

Does the existence of terrible suffering elsewhere reduce the suffering someone experiences? No.
Just because some people have it worse, does not mean that you are not in a bad situation. This is also a solvable situation by simple legislature, so it's disgusting it still occurs. If you can stop it, why shouldn't you - the fact there are other people in worse situations shouldn't affect this.


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Well they don't speak up for them do they so they can't really be that bothered about teenagers rights.

Those teenagers need to grow up and be less sensitive. If people get damaged by a few weeks in the woods then they need to grow up and stop being so overemotional. That's the problem with teenagers, they're always so self pitying. Back in my grandmas generation they'd be helping support the family by their age they should be grateful for what they have got.

I swear you're trolling. No one can be this stupid.

Those teenagers need to grow up and be less sensitive. If people get damaged by a few weeks in the woods then they need to grow up and stop being so overemotional. That's the problem with teenagers, they're always so self pitying. Back in my grandmas generation they'd be helping support the family by their age they should be grateful for what they have got.

Some stories have people being in these programmes for over a year, and when they come back they can start suffering from new metal illnesses. PTSD is not unheard of.

At your point about worse happening in africa, we all know what goes on in africa. This is something going on in the western world, something very few people are aware of and something that could actually be stopped.