Alaska State Troopers are charging two juveniles with vehicle theft and criminal mischief after they attempted to run away from a wilderness therapy program on Prince of Wales Island.
Passages Alaska, founded in 2020. The website is incredibly vague on whom the therapy they use is for. They claim it’s for teens who “struggle with anxiety, depression, technology addiction, low self-esteem, and failure to launch” which is, as stated, incredibly vague.
Actual medical anxiety and depression isn’t the fault of the person and needs medicine, not “mindfulness therapy”. And I have no idea what “technology addiction” is. This sounds like parents who are mad at their kid being on their phone all the time.
It seems to be some New Age-y nonsense with a bunch of meditation and yoga BS.
Going through their website, they seem incredibly bland. The only thing that really started ringing alarm bells is that one of the staff has a degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Liberty University (!!!).
The other people seem mostly fine. I am somewhat bothered by several of the staff being in the process of earning their degrees, and also worried because where they are earning them is left unsaid.
The founder studied at an actual reputable university.
The arrested were 14 and 17. The parents must have known ahead of time their 14 year old wasn’t going to be able to get out. Faith: what we have in sky people, not those that we raise/educate. Hmm, maybe that should say something about the parents. Nah let’s blame it on the teachers first, and the kids second.
It doesn’t even make sense in context, as you aren’t allowed to kidnap and detain 18 year olds, only children with parental consent. But that is what the phrase means yes.
At best that translates to confidence courses, networking with other kids, and learning to disconnect. Which can be great. But if that was the case they’d advertise it. At worst, (and people are trying to escape so … yeah) it’s a crash course in manhood type place where they think Hollywood’s version of basic military training is too soft.
Passages Alaska, founded in 2020. The website is incredibly vague on whom the therapy they use is for. They claim it’s for teens who “struggle with anxiety, depression, technology addiction, low self-esteem, and failure to launch” which is, as stated, incredibly vague.
Actual medical anxiety and depression isn’t the fault of the person and needs medicine, not “mindfulness therapy”. And I have no idea what “technology addiction” is. This sounds like parents who are mad at their kid being on their phone all the time.
It seems to be some New Age-y nonsense with a bunch of meditation and yoga BS.
This is just one of numerous abusive things conservatives do to their children to “toughen 'em up”.
Conservatives should not be permitted to be around children.
The cruelty is the point.
Going through their website, they seem incredibly bland. The only thing that really started ringing alarm bells is that one of the staff has a degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Liberty University (!!!).
Oh, that’s more than an alarm bell. This is part of a cult. Liberty University graduates are pretty much always brain-broken Christofacists.
100% chance that this place doubles as a conversation camp by design.
The other people seem mostly fine. I am somewhat bothered by several of the staff being in the process of earning their degrees, and also worried because where they are earning them is left unsaid.
The founder studied at an actual reputable university.
I don’t think it’s meditation and yoga, it’s stuff like backpacking and survival skills.
And deprivation and abuse.
Mine didn’t involve that.
“Failure to launch”…?
Kid turned 18 and didn’t immediately fuck off out of your house? Send them to the concentration camp “for their own good”
The arrested were 14 and 17. The parents must have known ahead of time their 14 year old wasn’t going to be able to get out. Faith: what we have in sky people, not those that we raise/educate. Hmm, maybe that should say something about the parents. Nah let’s blame it on the teachers first, and the kids second.
That 14 year old probably refused to get a job at the local meat packing plant, kids are so lazy these days.
Oh, is that what the phrase is supposed to be about? Gross.
It doesn’t even make sense in context, as you aren’t allowed to kidnap and detain 18 year olds, only children with parental consent. But that is what the phrase means yes.
At best that translates to confidence courses, networking with other kids, and learning to disconnect. Which can be great. But if that was the case they’d advertise it. At worst, (and people are trying to escape so … yeah) it’s a crash course in manhood type place where they think Hollywood’s version of basic military training is too soft.