Why not Spare the Child?

The troubled teen industry is propped up by religious exemptions for schools and treatment centers.

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When I first heard about the troubled teen industry, I wondered how such a thing could be legal. From rampant medical neglect, teens are subjected to a myriad of abuses in this industry. Some teens are even drugged, restrained, or forced to reenact…