Paris Hilton pushes for US youth care abuse reform

[toomuchtimelol]

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Hours ago, Paris Hilton advocated in favour of the bill on children's treatment centers. She talked about how she couldn't sleep for years because of her loneliness, the violence she faced and the loss of her years in the 'troubled teen' industry. She also detailed that she was strangled, slapped across the face, watched in the shower, called

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[arilicious]

parents spend money to have their "troubled" teen (aka they may party too much or drink too much or perform delinquent petty crimes) to these places to "fix them" basically. many of these places treat their teens with highly abusive measures and they do more harm than good.

[goshipgurl]

Wow, how is that even legal... I don't think camps like this exist in my country.

[arilicious]

I honestly don't understand how it's legal either. It's straight up child abuse.

[omni_videns]

They don't even have to be drinking or partying.

Even things like being "moody" or not putting up with poor treatment by parents can be enough to get a kid in one of these places.

[onadarknight]

So basically for lazy rich parents who can't be bothered to parent when their kids start acting out?

[arilicious]

pretty much

[debbiesgirl]

[skyler_white_yo]

Scared straight doesn’t do shit for the kids. Instead of sticking a kid in a room where they get screamed at for three hours (which is probably what they get at home anyway), they need to do better at mental health diagnosis and proper treatment.

[debbiesgirl]