Hey, I went to some of these programs when I was younger. There was a strong theme among the kids I met, myself included, that a lot of the them came from very emotionally abusive or straight up dangerous situations. And I dont have any pity for the parents. 90% of the parents are people who like the idea of raising children but without the follow through. They talk about how hard it is on the parents, but those are adults, the kids really suffer in the long term unless they get extremely lucky with which program they enter. At the end of the day, these programs are a business. And the saddest part is, the "really fucked up stuff" isn't even hidden from a lot of the parents, the parents just don't care.