Not My Kid: A Parent's Guide to Kids and Drugs [Paperback]

Beth Polson (Author), Miller Newton (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: Avon Books (Mm) (August 1986)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0380699974
• ISBN-13: 978-0380699971
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.3 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,620,759 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars This book is a fictionalized account of author's "treatment", September 26, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Not My Kid: A Parent's Guide to Kids and Drugs (Paperback)

I was in the program that this book speaks of at the time the author was working on the book. Be assured, IT IS FICTION. What REALLY went on in there is now the subject of numerous court cases...two of which were recently settled for 4.5 and 6.5 million respectively. False imprisonment, beatings, starvation, sleep deprivation and the mental and emotional abuse that actually went on in there were, quite literally, unbelievable. Most kids were kept there anywhere from 1 to 5 years and more, quite often for nothing more than some minor, normal teenage behavior problems. The real motivation for the program was the money and there was LOTS of it to go around. DO NOT TRUST THIS AUTHOR!!!!!

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Beware, October 9, 2003

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"antichildabuse" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Not My Kid: A Parent's Guide to Kids and Drugs (Paperback)

Please investigate the author prior to purchase. The book may deal with teens and compulsions but there is a dark side. Much information on the internet about Miller Newton.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars WARNING: TO ALL PROFFESSORS, STUDENTS, PARENTS, July 27, 2004

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mosquito - See all my reviews

This review is from: Not My Kid: A Parent's Guide to Kids and Drugs (Paperback)

BEFORE YOU READ THIS BOOK, PLEASE...

-Utilize the abundance of alternate materials, resources and books on this subject by highly respected professionals and experts.

-Cease recommendation of this book to students, parents or those in need, immediately.

-Examine and explore the mounting sources in the media, newspapers and on-line regarding controversies, signed affidavits, criminal wrongdoing, lawsuits, settlements, insurance fraud, and malpractice related to the now defunct Kids of Bergen County, Kids of North Jersey, and Straight of Florida, where Newton gained his "professional experience" and practiced his "treatment model," as founder and director.

-Read materials which enlighten us with the allegations about what actually occurred behind the closed doors of Newton's "treatment programs" and are omitted from this book. Educate yourself about what children in Newton's care say they really experienced, including: violent physical assaults; extreme emotional abuse and manipulation; depravation of an education, sleep, lavatory use and professional help; false imprisonment and kidnapping; malpractice, denial of a patient's bill of rights, use of physical restraint as a punishment and a motivational tool to control responsiveness, admitting individuals on intakes based on determinations made by other children, absence of any health professional during these intakes and during therapeutic sessions, and throughout the course of treatment; falsifying documents regarding the presence of mental health professionals, as well as incident & treatment related reports and insurance documents; allegations of sexual abuse suffered by individuals while in Newton's care by other adolescents, teens or parents, forcing children including preteens to listen to graphic, sexually explicit stories in detail, coercion of pregnant minors to receive an abortion, group strip searches, refusal and depravation of necessary medical treatment,...