Parents Paid For Their Teens To Be Kidnapped From Bed & Taken To Elite Torture Academy

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[SincerelyOfficiallyMeeee]

“They were tortured for their own good”
If ANYONE says that about a child they shouldn’t be allowed within 5 meters of a kid EVER.

[myprincess]

Parents are equally as responsible as the academy. The lack of humanity overall is beyond anyone’s understanding

[minhngocdo]

Those parents who are against shutting down the academy should go to the academy themselves. They are vile and not worth being parents.

[Sinceritycloud]

these "rehab schools" exist in many parts of the world, including America. one of the most notable survivors being Paris Hilton, who's been actively trying to shut down the torture facility and save the kids trapped in them

[Monicalia]

I would not want to have anything to do with my parents if I found out they were ok with the academy assaulting me, beating me, starving me and stripping me off any humanity, apparently "for my own good". I cannot imagine trusting my parent after that. These parents who were against shutting the academy down despite knowing all the details are vile.

[sadgothgirl]

There's a difference between being "obedient" and being tortured into submission. Those parents chose to ignore the blatant red flags. I blame the parents. They decided to have children and then send them to a "school" where they were tortured everyday in the most inhumane ways possible.

[justpeachy_honey]

You can not tell me her parents completely ignored the fact that their daughter was tied up & dragged out of the house. There’s no way they thought she was being taken to a prestigious school

[creepyboners]

I spent two years at one of these programs after being sent to a wilderness program... This is a lot more common than anyone realizes... I'm 34 and out of my class of 200 over 65 are officially known to be deceased (all of which were suicides and ODs) and at least another 70 are missing and cannot be accounted for... these schools are a death sentence for the survivors because the trauma is so severe

[fightmebtch]

"My child doesn't talk to me anymore"
YEAH, THEY SHOULDN'T!!!!

[AxelMacopelli]

Obviously the staff at this "school" are pure evil, but the parents are also *awful* people. To ignore the state of these children just so your kid can be at this "prestigious" place is morally repugnent.
You can dress the school up for parent day, but you can't hide that the kids were zombies, robots, shells of their former selves. No good parent could ignore how broken these kids became

[help]

genuinely from the bottom of my heart I cant fathom hearing that kids were sexually abused, malnourished to the point of mouth ulcers, physically abused, etc - and to think "its for ur own good" I CANNOT imagine this

[rylangrimes]

Nurse here- fun fact, really sad fact, laundry detergent of any kind IS CORROSIVE. Also when we “pump your stomach” we put an NG tube down your nose to your stomach specifically so you DO NOT vomit up corrosive substances and stomach acid. During the pumping process we also have specific agents we use, depending on the agent ingested, to neutralize as much of the material as possible.
So throwing up is the exact OPPOSITE of what you should be doing after ingesting corrosive substances. Eating charcoal does NOT save the situation. Proper emergency medical treatment saves lives.

[anabella]

I’m still traumatized at 28 thinking back to 12 years ago when I was in one of these places… secretly calling my mom BEGGING her to help me escape or else I would off myself, and then watching the administrator tell my mom “don’t listen to her she’s just trying to get out to keep up with her same patterns”. Luckily I escaped in the middle of the night… was chased about 2 miles by a tech before they gave up following me… flagged down a police officer and fold him the situation I was in… and he was like “oh yes we know all about that place”… he brought me to a Hampton inn where they let me stay the night for free and I BEGGED my mom to fly me home the next day… Which after the way she saw how I ran off into the street like that.:: she agreed. I’m still traumatized 12 years later

[ayazahmedkhuhro]

The fact that the serial killers are living in prison which have beds, drinkable water, an actual good amount of food for the whole day, a toilet and have clothes on which means they have a safe atmosphere but those innocent kids who have done nothing are forced to live like this helplessly is just heartbreaking NO KID DESERVES THIS 💔

[benedicta]

These children felt safe at home, where they felt protected and could let their guards down in a vulnerable state just to be taken in the middle of the night to some academy and be physically and mentally tortured. The sense of betrayal they must have felt !!!!

[fromchaosyogalenanovack]

"If I'm genuinely having a good time with my parents I'm not going to be on my phone." As a mother of two preteens, this is the best form of feedback every parent needs to hear! Well put!

[marley]

The fact that some parents have the audacity to side with the so called ACADEMY is totally disgusting. Thanks again Stephanie for sharing this horrible , horrible case of human abuse.

[somethinunameit]

Abuse doesnt raise respectful adults, it destroys human beings. There are so many stories in these comments of their own torture school experiences and i am proud of each and every one of you for continuing on and striving for a better tomorrow. Healing is not linear and i know it can feel pointless at times to continue. But you were robbed of happiness and you deserve to take that happiness back. Make your own happiness.

[TheBeatlesRoooock]

Something that really sucks is many kids stay inside and play videogames because we learned from our parents that Outside is dangerous. But playing indoors makes parents freak out too and criticize our activities. Imagine being conditioned to stay inside your Safe Home and then your own parents arrange a kidnapping.

[crazyratlady]

The saddest thing for me is the kids who were tricked into going there by the parents, pretending they were going on a road trip. Like maybe if you went on trips and engaged with your kids more often, they wouldn't be looking for the engagement on their phones.