Child Protection and Safety Resources:
Wilderness Camps
Parents with troubled teenagers may be encouraged to send them to a government sponsored or privately operated wilderness camp or boot camp.  These resources will help parents become more aware of the possible risks involved.
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Children's Gulags
... death of Michelle Sutton, 16-year-old Kristin Chase died at the Challenger wilderness camp ... Tough love proves too tough, Christopher Smith, the Salt Lake Tribune, June 10, 1996.

Congress Probes Child Abuse Under Guise of Treatment | PEEK | AlterNet
Last year, the GAO reported that untold numbers of ... Alarmingly, these "tough love" outfits have no legal ... in jail for killing a kid with kindness at his wilderness camp.To ...

When Is "Tough Love" Torture?
... which use such "tough love" methods in an attempt to discipline difficult adolescents. He'd also requested a Government Accountability Office ... to sign me up for wilderness camp ...

When Is "Tough Love" Torture?
Following the first hearings and GAO report, the FBI ... They stopped trying to sign me up for wilderness camp or boot ... Tough love is still up for debate in a lot of people's minds

The Blotter: Boot Camp Problems Aired at Hearing
... they weren't a licensed anything," Government Accountability Office ... other kids in a drug deal instead of un"tough" love ... old date rape victim who attended a wilderness camp to ...

Are Boot Camps Safe for Your Child? | EmpoweringParents.com
My friend?s son had a great experience at wilderness camp, and ... During the congressional hearing, parents and GAO ... www.motherjones.com/news/update/2008/05/when-is-tough-love ...

The Blotter: Tough Love Teen Camps: Lots of Tough, Little Love
Miller asked the Government Accountability Office to ... Tough Love or Abuse? The parents of 16-year-old Aaron Bacon of Arizona say abuse at a wilderness camp in Utah led to the ...

Teen Advocates USA
... before by staff members of the Applachian Wilderness Camp ... Miller of California asked the Congress?s General Accounting Office to begin a fact-finding investigation of tough love ...

CAICA - TEEN BOOT CAMPS IN SPOTLIGHT
Inside Tough Love Teen Camps Aaron Bacon was 16 when his parents enrolled him in a wilderness camp in Utah. ... Miller, who asked the Government Accountability Office ...

Temp Hall of Shame
... his 16-year-old son, Aaron, died at a wilderness camp ... The Government Accountability Office, the investigative arm of Congress ... Haynes, the youth who died at the "tough love ...

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