Apr 24, 2009
More on the “troubled teen” industry
A follow-up to this post day before yesterday about the troubled teen industry.
The Cult That Spawned the Tough Love Teen Industry
Mount Bachelor, the school mentioned previously, was a CEDU school prior to being purchased by Aspen. CEDU is a first generation offspring of Synanon, the original abuse-as-therapy cult.
A Business Built on the Troubles of Teenagers
A web site for abuse survivors
Related posts (autogenerated):
Although I doubt the two of us would agree on all issues, across the board, I wanted to thank you for a really enlightening post about the way many programs for kids in trouble are operated and various slivers of this “industry” form a whole.