The subject matter is interesting and tragic but completely one sided. We don't really understand why most of these kids were sent here, and, while I dona doubt many were victims of misunderstanding parents, evil stepparents, etc, I wanted to know more about why their parents took this extreme measure. I'm a a parent, not a gen z-er, and love my children more than anything and would go to any length to help them. If I were to put them in a reform school it would be because their behavior was extremely bad/impossible to manage. I therefore am pretty sure there are stories to tell in that side that were not dealt with. This is a common issue with gen z, who have been raised to believe that they're not responsible for their own behaviors and actions.
Obviously the Ivy Ridge people were dumb, over the top and horribly abusive, but this is NOT new, not particularly shocking to anyone over 40 and therefore not nearly as interesting to a wider audience.
It's tragic on so many levels: tragic what happened to them, tragic that none of them seem to be completely reformed anyway, tragic that their generation is so often so messed up just because their parents didn't know how to parent. I'd like to have learned more about that and what led them there. That's the real story.
Obviously the Ivy Ridge people were dumb, over the top and horribly abusive, but this is NOT new, not particularly shocking to anyone over 40 and therefore not nearly as interesting to a wider audience.
It's tragic on so many levels: tragic what happened to them, tragic that none of them seem to be completely reformed anyway, tragic that their generation is so often so messed up just because their parents didn't know how to parent. I'd like to have learned more about that and what led them there. That's the real story.
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