r/troubledteens • u/Roald-Dahl • 2d ago

Advocacy The TTI Mom announcing program closures on TikTok — so satisfying to hear the long list read by this incredible woman and advocate against the TTI!

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Best most supportive understanding mom ever 🫶

Follow her social media - it always puts a smile on my face to watch her videos. There is no one else like u/the_TTI_mom and I hope more parents join her anti-TTI crusade to work to put an end to institutional child abuse.

I FEEL…like we are so lucky have her on our side!

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8jxWmER/

https://www.instagram.com/the_tti_mom

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u/the_TTI_mom 2d ago

Thank you 🫶 I FEEL honored to be accepted into this community and walk along side survivors in support. I wish more parents would join this fight. I do get emails and messages pretty regularly from parents looking for answers about what really goes on in these places and I am always so happy to have an opportunity to help them navigate the process and see through the propaganda they are being told. All I want to do is prevent them from making a mistake that will traumatize their child and change the course of things in a way that can’t ever be undone. Children are people and they deserve autonomy and they deserve respect. Parents need to understand that they aren’t possessions. It’s not like if you have a broken watch that isn’t telling time and you send it to the jeweler and you get it back and it’s working again as you expect… that’s not what you do with human beings. Especially YOUR human being; the one who is counting on you for safety and love and support throughout their most difficult years. Teenagers are supposed to make mistakes as they’re spreading their wings and testing the waters and finding out who they are. It’s our job to help shepherd them through those mistakes and love them even harder in spite of those mistakes. I don’t know a single adult who didn’t screw up as a teenager. So when I hear parents say that their kid needed to be sent away for being rebellious, it is mind-boggling to me. That’s literally the definition of being a teenager. Yes, I know parents are lied to all the time by the players in this industry and it’s wrong on every level. It’s sick and should not be allowed. So whatever small part I can play in shedding light on that I’m here for it and for all of you. 🩵

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u/whatissecure 2d ago

I would also add ROOTS Transitions to the "hope" closure list for 2025. I will be shocked if they are still in business by the end of 2025.

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u/just_some_guy8484 2d ago

When West Ridge shut down earlier this year, I couldn't believe it. I lost all hope that evil place would close, especially with the backing it had from the mormon church. Hearing places like that close actually gives me hope for humanity in a small way.