Sitting around on a Sunday, my son’s (Jackson) girlfriend texts me a Tik ToK video of a disgruntled girl stating that she was unfairly treated at a Wilderness Program….It happened to be Carson’s Wilderness Program she was bashing. (Can you tell I get a little protective of his program.) Just that week, the executive director from Blue Ridge emailed us alum parents asking us to write a review on Google. It seems that others had seen this Tik Tok and felt the need to leave one star reviews stating what a horrible place Blue Ridge was. So…..let me say this about that…..The good part about the internet is that we can research any topic till the cows come home….The bad part about the internet is that what we learn isn’t always the truth. Heck…even this blog I am writing could be a bunch of malarky. You never know. My advice is to do your due diligence and research, research, research! Talk to people at the programs, go visit if you can….hire a therapeutic consultant. Do not judge a program by Google, Yahoo, Yelp or Tik Tok reviews! Seriously, this is your kid’s well being here. Anddddd…..fortunately and unfortunately, not all programs are created equal.
