Meg Appelgate

Yeah, pretty much. Many of the punitive and isolative tactics that they use create barriers for teens and are especially damaging to teenage brains. A primary example is conversion and aversion therapy that attempt to change youth's sexual or gender identities.

Yeah, pretty much. Many of the punitive and isolative tactics that they use create barriers for teens and are especially damaging to teenage brains. A primary example is conversion and aversion therapy that attempt to change youth's sexual or gender identities.

Yeah, pretty much. Many of the punitive and isolative tactics that they use create barriers for teens and are especially damaging to teenage brains. A primary example is conversion and aversion therapy that attempt to change youth's sexual or gender identities.

If you can even call it school.

If you can even call it school.

If you can even call it school.

For me, it was more like babysitting with a side of manual labor. The staff were often unqualified, and I personally didn't learn much beyond how to follow orders and stay out of trouble. My education in the program consisted of having me sit at a desk for 12 hours a day writing papers on topics they'd give me. I wasn't allowed to speak. I wasn't allowed to get up.

For me, it was more like babysitting with a side of manual labor. The staff were often unqualified, and I personally didn't learn much beyond how to follow orders and stay out of trouble. My education in the program consisted of having me sit at a desk for 12 hours a day writing papers on topics they'd give me. I wasn't allowed to speak. I wasn't allowed to get up.

For me, it was more like babysitting with a side of manual labor. The staff were often unqualified, and I personally didn't learn much beyond how to follow orders and stay out of trouble. My education in the program consisted of having me sit at a desk for 12 hours a day writing papers on topics they'd give me. I wasn't allowed to speak. I wasn't allowed to get up.

I had to do exactly what they told me to do. I had no free will. Every day they just put us all in a room, give us handouts and told us, when you've learned everything here, we will give you a test.

I had to do exactly what they told me to do. I had no free will. Every day they just put us all in a room, give us handouts and told us, when you've learned everything here, we will give you a test.

I had to do exactly what they told me to do. I had no free will. Every day they just put us all in a room, give us handouts and told us, when you've learned everything here, we will give you a test.

Yeah, exactly. And you touched on something important. The troubled teen industry does have ties to cults. The roots of the industry are wild. So get this. Many modern day programs were actually inspired by a cult called Synanon.

Yeah, exactly. And you touched on something important. The troubled teen industry does have ties to cults. The roots of the industry are wild. So get this. Many modern day programs were actually inspired by a cult called Synanon.

Yeah, exactly. And you touched on something important. The troubled teen industry does have ties to cults. The roots of the industry are wild. So get this. Many modern day programs were actually inspired by a cult called Synanon.

Pretty much. Synanon started in 1958 as an offshoot of Alcoholics Anonymous. They had this twisted group therapy called The Game, in which members would verbally attack each other until they broke down. Not exactly a Hallmark moment.

Pretty much. Synanon started in 1958 as an offshoot of Alcoholics Anonymous. They had this twisted group therapy called The Game, in which members would verbally attack each other until they broke down. Not exactly a Hallmark moment.

Pretty much. Synanon started in 1958 as an offshoot of Alcoholics Anonymous. They had this twisted group therapy called The Game, in which members would verbally attack each other until they broke down. Not exactly a Hallmark moment.

Child care and colts are a bad mix, generally.

Child care and colts are a bad mix, generally.