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Those who have read my blogs will know about how my dad had me forcibly taken to a TTI wilderness program where I endured twelve weeks of sheer hell. That only required the consent of one parent. My mom was completely opposed to it and she contacted the program to demand my release. They refused to release me and told her that they can only release me if both parents agree. There was nothing my mom could do to get me out because obviously my dad was not going to change his mind. Only one parent needs to consent for you to be sent there but you can only be released if both parents consent. How is that right? How is it even legal? It’s crazy.
The TTI refused to release me when my mom wanted them to
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Onnaya
Reading this made my heart ache — it’s so wrong that a system like this can exist. The injustice of allowing one parent to send you away, but requiring both to release you, is absolutely staggering. Thank you for writing about this — your voice brings awareness to something that should never happen to anyone. You’re incredibly brave for speaking out about it.
XxP0nyIzD3dxX
I'm sorry. also what is TTI? sorry I don't much sbt everything in general, I'm kind of dumb TUTT
TTI stands for Troubled Teen Industry. It refers to a range of unregulated private programs that claim to help teenagers with emotional and behaviour problems. In reality they systematically abuse the kids in their “care”most of whom don’t legitimately have problems prior to being sent there and most of whom leave severely traumatised. TTI programs come in the form of residential facilities and wilderness programs. In my own case I was sent to a wilderness program. What happens at a wilderness program is that you are forced to live in a camp in the wilderness for weeks or even months. You are denied access to any of the trappings of civilisation. You are forced to live like an animal and treated as less than an animal. The food provided is low quality packaged rubbish that you would refuse to eat if there was anything else available but you have to eat it because it’s literally that or nothing. You have only water to drink which is usually from natural sources and often of low quality and not fit for drinking but,as with the food,you drink it because it’s literally that or nothing. You have to hike for several hours five days a week carrying a back pack so heavy that it’s literally agony carrying it. The two non hiking days are for group and individual therapy which is fake therapy in my opinion and that of most others who have been there. I have no personal experience of what happens in the residential programs but every account I have read suggests that they are at least as abusive as the wilderness programs.
by feral boy Jamara; ; Report
bro oh my gawd I am so sorry u had to thru this this sucks they r horribly abusive this is NOT going to help, I hope things go well 4 u
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Rotkappchen
Are you out now? Also did you try running away to your moms house and just refusing to go back there or what wouldve happened?... sorry if its disrepctful to ask I dont know much about TTI
I’m out now. Me and my mom have since left my dad and moved to the UK. He was planning to have me snatched again by the TTI. This time I would have been taken to a long term residential facility where I could have been for up to two years. My mom felt that the best way to prevent that was to get out of America altogether. My mom is actually from the UK which is why that’s where we moved to. Since moving here life has been great. As for my dad me and my mom both agree that if we never see him again it will be too soon. I still have alot of inner pain because of what I went through but I am slowly healing from it.
by feral boy Jamara; ; Report
Jesus, sorry about that. Get well soon plz
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