Nora Barrie

Sylvester Stallone at the 2012 San Diego Comic-Con International in San Diego, California (Gage Skidmore, Flickr, CC BY-SA 2.0 DEED) Sylvester Stallone, best known for his breakout role as the fictional boxer Rocky Balboa, endorsed a mental healthcare provider called the Devereux Foundation, while claims steadily amassed against Devereux’s facilities for sexual and other abuses.

Paris Hilton flew to Jamaica last month as part of her continued advocacy for institutionalized children. Authorities had just raided the Atlantis Leadership Academy (A.L.A.) and removed eight American kids. According to those authorities, the children had visible signs of abuse and neglect. Five A.L.A. staffers have been criminally charged. ā€œI was shocked at how horrific the allegations were,ā€ Hilton told Newsweek.

One concept that needs to be considered when debating the TTI is what is being bought and sold in the name of helping teenagers minimize negative and maladaptive behavior development during adolescence. This is a hugely lucrative industry. In government funding alone, programs receive over $23 billion annually. Many state governments send children, especially those in the foster system, to out-of-state programs using funding from sources including Medicaid and Medicare.