The Troubled Teen Industry Part 1: Origins
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The Troubled Teen Industry Part 1: Origins
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Paris Hilton may have brought the troubled teen industry into the forefront of our minds but the industry itself has a long and dark history. In this episode Daniela tells...
show moreIn this episode Daniela tells Brooke how these wilderness camps and nightmare boarding schools got there start from Native American Reform Schools, to institutionalization, The Boys School, a lot of cults, Elan, CEDU, the confession to the murder of Martha Moxley during scream therapy, the expansion of these schools internationally and the damage they have continued to create. This is part one of a two part series
(Every trigger warning. Honestly this is rough. This episode contains the kidnapping of children, child abuse, s*xual abuse, systemic abuse, and the deaths of children who were taken to places that promised to make their lives better.)
Sources:
- "The Cult That Spawned the Tough-Love Teen Industry" by Maia Szalavitz
The Last Stop, Elan School, documentary
"The Last Days of Synanon" documentary (2018)- "I am Paris" documentary (2020)
"Selling a Dream: How Private Prisons Influence Immigration Policy" by Sarah Stillman (New Yorker, 2020)
"The Tragic History of the Troubled Teen Industry" by Molly Osberg (Splinter News, 2018)- "The Troubled-Teen Industry Has Been a Disaster for Decades. But Can It Be Stopped?" by Maia Szalavitz (Vice, 2016)-
"The Kids Aren't Alright" by Gabriel Sherman (New Republic, 2007)-
Primetime, Paradise Cove, 1998
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