Parenting Talk: Does Treatment Centers for Troubles Teens Inflict More Harm Than Good?

Parents would only want what's best for their kids, thus those who are faced with troubled teenagers would opt for treatment centers. Though it may seem like the right thing to do, it was revealed that taking teens to treatment centers can do more harm than good.

One write up from Huffington Post revealed that troubled teens that were sent to treatment centers are actually going through tough times. It was then mentioned that treatment centers can actually do more harm than good especially when it comes to their mental health struggles.

Sebastian Murdock noted that the treatment centers are making it worse for troubled teens, thus they don't tend to lie low when it comes to aggression. It was then mentioned that the staff treated the teenage patients so bad, up to a point that some of them would opt to commit suicide.

Murdock mentioned that the treatment facility already lasted for a long time, yet nothing has changed over the years. Teenagers are still being tormented and parents were paying double for their child to be treated unjustly.

Sebastian Murdock specifically mentioned Island View, which charged parents around $10,000/month for their kids. Though Murdock's write-up may only be one person's opinion, Vlad Diaz, an ex-employee from the facility backed his claims.

According to Diaz, he already witnessed several suicide attempts during his 11 months of employment. Diaz also added that the treatment center's way of tending the confined teens is quite shocking. He then shared that one of the reasons on why the treatment facility was the fact that he can't stand to see the teens being treated like animals.

Empowering Parents then added while sending a troubled teen to teen boot camps may be ideal for some parents, it was mentioned that one of the best ways to help a troubled child is to work with them in going through tough times. The website also noted that there are not guarantees that troubled teen programs

"Your child isn't a digital camera that you can mail away and get fixed and returned to you in working order," the website mentioned. "You have to change the dynamic within your family if you want to see results."