Teens Need Love, Positive Direction and a Safe Environment

Although results like this are unlikely at most teen boot camps and there were certainly other significant factors at play consider the following scenario: a mother has a 14-year old son who was recently arrested for shoplifting and not more than a couple of months after that incident, the teenager slashed his mothers tires on her new car. Finally, the mother is said to be at her witts end and she was finally given a reprieve; a judge ordered that the child must attend a privately paid boot camp that promised to teach this young, impressionable teenager discipline, but with a military twist. She was told that her son will be taught how to respect elders and authority within a five-week period. However, within a week, her son, Tony H_____, was found face down in a motel bathtub. According to the report, Tony had vomiting blood and then drowned in water and dirt. The entire problem with this story is that one day later Tonya's mother was told about the extreme and unproven methods used at this boot camp by turning disobedient teenagers into dutiful men or women.