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Watermind Meet the author M.M. Buckner |
The Soulstealer War Meet the author W.L. Hoffman |
The Reach Meet the author Nate Kenyon |
Shade Meet the author John B. Olson |
The President's Therapist Meet the author John Wareham |
Sue Scheff
Dear Reader, As a single mother, I offered my daughter, Ashlyn, everything I could—striving to make up for a fatherless household. But when my beloved child became a teenager, everything changed. Ashlyn embraced disturbing beliefs and behavior, made friends with a strange and maladjusted group at school, and refused to abide by rules. In desperation I turned to a residential treatment facility. I believed that a "professional" treatment facility would offer my daughter the structure and discipline that she sorely needed. But after spending thousands of dollars and seeing the troubling behavior in my child continue to escalate, I started to hear stories of Ashlyn and other classmates being kept in inhumane conditions, as well as beatings, sexual abuse, forced starvation, neglect, and suicide. The daughter I had turned over to be helped by supposed professionals returned to me broken, depressed, and suicidal. I fought back against the institution that should have helped my daughter and ultimately won an unprecedented case with a jury verdict for damages of over $11 million. Today I run P.U.R.E. (Parents' Universal Resource Experts), an advocacy group that draws parents together and helps them find ways to protect their children from destructive influences. In WITS' END I provide positive, prescriptive help for families who want to put their children on the road to a safe, healthy, happy, and independent adulthood. Write to me at www.suescheff.com and be one of five people to win a copy of WITS' END: Advice and Resources for Saving Your Out-of-Control Teen that you can keep or give to a friend. Sue Scheff |