I REALLY NEED SOME ANSWERS, MY SON IS 17YRS . HE HAS BIPOLOR,ADHD, I WOULD SIT HERE ALL DAY AND TELL YOU THINGS WRONG WITH HIM, BUT HE HAS A BIG HEART, AND OVER EVERY THING HE IS A GOOD KID. WHEN HE WAS 14YRS HE WAS HAVEING SOME TROUBLE IN SCHOOL. AND THINGS JUST GOT WORSE, SO HE GOT SENT OFF TO A PLACE CALLED RYDC. I REALLY DON,T WONT TO GIVE THE NAME OF THE PLACE TIL I TALK TO SOME ONE.HE HAD NEVER EVEN SPENT THE NIGHT AWAY FROM HOME BEFOR. SO HE WAS SCARED TO DEATH.HE WAS THERE 9MONTHS. IT WAS REALLY BAD THERE, IT,S A SAD PLACE FOR KIDS. DON,T GET ME WRONG I KNOW WHEN KIDS GET IN TROUBLE THEY HAVE TO BE PUT SOME WHERE. BUT COME ON PEOPLE, THESE ARE OUR CHILDREN. AND ALL MY SON DID WAS NOT GO TO SCHOOL. THEY WOULD TAKE HIS FOOD FEED HIM A SANDWICH 1TIME A DAY IN 3MONTHS HE LOAST ABOUT 30 POUNDS THEY WOULD TAKE HIS CLOTHS, AND MAKE HIM SLEEP IN THE COLD HALL IN THE WINTER. ONE TIME THEY MADE HIM TAKE SOME KIND OF PILL THAT WASN,T HIS. TOLD HIM IF HE DIDN,T TAKE IT THEY WOULD HOLD HIM DOWN AND PUT IT DOWN HIM. ONE OF THE GARDS PUT HIS HEAD THREW A WALL, IT WAS HELL. ABUT I WOULD CALL MY SON. AND THEY WOULDN,T LET ME TALK TO HIM, BECAUSE HE WOULD TELL ME WHAT THEY WHERE DOING TO HIM. THIS IS A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE PUT THERE KIDS WHO DON,T WONT THEM. AND IF YOU HAVE A CHILD IN THIS KINK OF PLACE PLEASE CHECK ON THEM, IT,S BEEN TWO YRS AND MY SON IS STILL HAVING NIGHTMARES ABOUT THIS. AND I CAN THINK ABOU IT AND GET UPSET. THERE IS SO MUCH GOING ON IN THESE PLACES THERE THERE TO HELP OUR CHILDREN, AND TO BRING THEM HARM. MY SON TRYED TO KILL HIS SELF 3 TIMES. I COULD GO ON AND ON ABOUT THIS HELL MY SON WAS IN BUT IT WOULD TAKE ALL DAY . I JUST WISH THERE WAS SOME WAY TO HELP THESE OTHER CHILDREN THERE.