1.0 link 162696 <![CDATA[Good News: Bad Economy Killing Abusive Teen Programs]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/maia-szalavitz/good-news-bad-economy-kil_b_162696.html There is a silver lining to this bleak economy: Abusive and ineffective "tough love" programs for teens are failing right and left.

In just the last few weeks, the notorious Tranquility Bay program in Jamaica, Spring Creek Lodge in Montana, and Pathway Family Center in Detroit and Ohio have all been shuttered.

Tranquility Bay was known for making kids kneel on concrete for days and using "restraint" so harsh that it broke bones. Both Tranquility Bay and Spring Creek Lodge...

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