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by: Alexia Parks
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 371
EAN: 9781930418011
ISBN: 1930418019
Label: Education Exchange
Manufacturer: Education Exchange
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 278
Publication Date: June 01, 2000
Publisher: Education Exchange
Sales Rank: 882965
Studio: Education Exchange
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Desperate Parents, Troubled Teens. Tragic stories of desperate parents, the choices they made, and how you can avoid making their same mistakes.
In America, it's open season on children. Children have become the cash crop for a rising industry of child abuse, that targets anxious or worried parents of 'defiant,' 'angry,' 'depressed,' or 'troubled' youth.
'Vulnerable, frightened children, are abducted from home or school, are sent like prisoners-of-war to rural, remote schools and camps throughout Americ,' says Alexia Parks, in her shocking new book: An American GULAG, Secret P.O.W. Camps for Teens. 'Behind closed doors, with no one to witness their pain and suffering, these captive children may suffer abuse, sexual abuse, and torture at the hands of strangers.'
The book opens with a high-speed chase down backcountry roads as the author searches for a 'disappeared' young relative. The unfolding story describes her descent into a secret underworld of child abuse and her discovery of America's GULAG.
An American GULAG has the power to mobilize parents to protect their children from harm, by breaking the trance of such trendy words such as 'attitude adjustment,' 'behavior modification,' 'emotional growth,' 'escort,' and 'therapeutic boarding school.'
The book concludes with Voices from the GULAG. As parents and teen survivors tell their stories, the healing process begins. It's a 'must read' for parents, and for professionals in the fields of education, medicine and law, who can help prevent the abuse and torture of America's children.
Customer Reviews
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Rating:  - Parents who can't be called parents
I read the book and, contrary to what irresponsible parents and brainwashed students say, its content mirrors many other tales by people who survived these ominous facilities.
The book may not be perfectly structured and well-written, but it tells the truth that everybody, including troubled teens' parents, shoulf accept. These boarding schools she describes in the book, mostly faith-based, are far from being exceptions. Their methods are the expression of their owners' fanatism and ... Read More
Rating: - Well rounded, informative, and entertaining all at the same
I myself was sent to three different "Boarding Schools" or "Behavior Modification" programs. This book did a great job in showing the readers what these places are really like. I Just hope it makes a parent think twice before they decide to send their teen away to a "behavior modification" program. Thanks Alexia.
Rating:  - Poorly written, but a story that begs hearing...
Honestly, this book is a mess. The information in it is available elsewhere - in fact, I read the whole book online through netlibrary - there is too much 'Lifetime Movie' style focus on her disintegrating love life, and the lack of any real conclusion or response from 'Katie' makes it feel unfinished. The author's shading towards hysterical ranting makes it hard to believe a word she says. So why I am guardedly recommending it? Because not a month ago, a teenage acquaintance of mine was shipped ... Read More
Rating: - The silence must end
Alexia Parks tells the truth about what happened at some of these coercive mind-control for-profit mills. It is a growing business that preys on adolescents for money. There may be some good programs out there, but as a survivor of a horrible one, I can attest personally that parents cannot be too careful about where they send their troubled teen. Lawmakers should read this and write legislation to regulate all such programs thoroughly. Many "troubled teens" in these places, such as myself, were ... Read More
Rating: - Emotional, educational and deathly important
Alexia's description of her struggle to free a 13 year old from harmful treatment is well written and emotional. Her intuition, strong hear,t and courage allowed her to be one of the first to expose a part of America (and beyond) that is destroying its youth. Her book is not only informative for those who do not know what acceptable kidnapping is, but reveals many forms of child abuse that are happening every day in "treatment" centers for teens. Everyone should know her story, as well as the "voices ... Read More
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