07-01-2003, 10:02 PM
I saw a special on these on TV like 3 years ago.
They had several kids who were obviously fine and their lazy ass parents sent them their because it was an easy solution to teen age rebellion. So I agree these islands can be bad and probably are bad for most the kids sent there..
But they also had a group kids older kids who were very resentful and saying the islands should be shut down. But when they asked these kids questions it looked like they were the better for it.
All of them had been using drugs way past the experimentation stage, and more than just pot. Some had stolen cars. Several had commited violent acts on family memebers. They all admited this stuff.
And here they were as reasonable young adults with jobs or in collage.
I think a real key is when you have violent kids. When a 14 year old gives his mom a black eye, it may be time for the school of hard knocks.
They had several kids who were obviously fine and their lazy ass parents sent them their because it was an easy solution to teen age rebellion. So I agree these islands can be bad and probably are bad for most the kids sent there..
But they also had a group kids older kids who were very resentful and saying the islands should be shut down. But when they asked these kids questions it looked like they were the better for it.
All of them had been using drugs way past the experimentation stage, and more than just pot. Some had stolen cars. Several had commited violent acts on family memebers. They all admited this stuff.
And here they were as reasonable young adults with jobs or in collage.
I think a real key is when you have violent kids. When a 14 year old gives his mom a black eye, it may be time for the school of hard knocks.