A Look Inside the USA's Tough Boot Camps for Kids: America's Troubled Teen Industry | Documentary
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- Critics claim they’re little more than ’torture camps’, taking tough love way too far. But for desperate parents, military-style boot camps are often seen as the last chance for their children to avoid the vicious cycle of delinquency and jail.
We spent five months at the Discovery Challenge Academy, which welcomes 125 troubled teens every year. The first two weeks are the hardest. Everything is strictly regimented: 10 minutes to eat, 2 minutes to shower, 10 seconds to put on socks. There are 50 beds per dormitory and even going to the bathroom requires permission. Phones, TVs and the internet are all banned, as is seeing family during the first three months.
Who are these young people? How did they get there and what trials and challenges will they have to overcome?
This documentary was first released in 2018.
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We need a boot camp for parents..
Yes! I'm a teacher and I'm sick of parents who don't care and don't parent!
Hear ye! INDEED!
Now there is a truth...🇿🇦
Amen
The truth! How do they think these children ended up here to begin with? My sister worked in a teen bootcamp.
Pouring my heart out for Marisol, she's definitely a strong person who didn't have the right parents to help her - it's amazing that she personally decided to go through this to get her life on track when most others were sent here by irresponsible parents
I hope that she and her daughter are doing well now
It's amazing what the motivation of a little kid will do for a person. Especially a good person who cares and wants a better life for their child. It's a motivation unlike any other and, in a way, she was fortunate to have that motivation, unlike so many of the other kids that ended up fallingback into their old ways. Good on her for not only wanting a better life for her daughter, but actually making the effort to do so.
I was legitimately bummed about Bauman. The way she lit up when she went on that ride along, you could tell she had a genuine interest. Really wish she would have joined the military or really worked to have that police officer mentor her from the second she graduated.
Why are you criticizing her family? I’m sure they did their best so she didn’t starve. If that’s not good enough for you, then hush. Rich kids don’t need this program.
@@robinread8010 marisol said she was abused , so they didn't do their best to raise her
@@robinread8010mao her parents were physically abusive so yeah im going to “criticize” them to the fullest. Just cuz a child is fed and not starved doesn’t mean they’re adequately cared for bffr. “Rich kids” don’t need this program? You think rich kids aren’t abused or go though shit to? Get a grip.
Not all foster care parents are like that and adoptive parents
I have mad respect for Marisol. She was 17 and did this program for her daughter. May God bless her and her daughter!
She’s strong
I had a friend in highschool who got sent to boot camp like this one summer. He joined the military at 17 because his parents were overly strict he said that Marine Boot camp was easier than the teen boot camp. His parents don't understand why they can't see their grandkid outside of randomly in public and if they try to talk to him he tells his kids we need to leave.
It’s great the bootcamp helped him recognize what’s better for himself. Sounds like he’s still keeping up the good work of protecting himself, and his kids.
@@funpau7549that’s one way to look at it. You could also say that his development was severely stifled and his main focus has been being told what to do and how to do it. His parents are to blame 100% so it’s no wonder he has resentments toward them . Instead of being understood like he wanted he was sent somewhere by the people who brought him into this world. Rather than figuring out what he was passionate about and helping him develop a dream and chase it, the they basically threw him away. Ya it’s great that the military provided discipline, food clothing and shelter but there is much more. If you ask him if he loves what he does I’d be curious to know the answer.
The last minute of this video was so sad. To hear that not much has changed for these kids is heartbreaking.
I agree I was so sad
It seems people ignore that one of the things that can bring back addiction is abstinency. What did they think they would do after half a year of working hard? Resting hard, of course!
@@agustinnarvaez5251 That, and some people just don't want the help. Nicholas, I'm sorry, seems to be one of those people. He won't get anywhere in life until he lands on his face, so to speak. He has to want to change, and clearly he didn't want to at this point. He's old enough to know what he needs to do to move forward from just sitting on his butt playing video games; it's obvious he doesn't want anything else. It's sad, but he's one of those people who won't have a life because he won't work to make that for himself. So some of it is his mother's fault, yes. At the same time, he needs to take responsibility as well.
@@bobbiestrella8160 He needs to find balance. We can't tell him that videgames are bad and take him to the other edge of the table and make him focus on progress his whole life. As much as i don't condone pure procrastination, i don't condone explotation either. People like this would find use in strategies like reward. Each day you go to school/work, you get X ammount of videogames for the rest of the day. No work, no games. Later in life they will on their own learn that working implies money and money implies you summinister yourself with games or any other desires you want, and no work means no nothing. Yet these militaries chose to bluntly introduce torture level stress with 0 transition for a whole 6 months then set them free again with no control, not even from their parents.
Yes, devastating. Clearly, this isn't a sustainable or working solution. It just seems like a waste of time. We need to teach people skills to cope in their current circumstances where therse are unavoidable, not escape them.
Anybody else super proud of Marisol? Like she made some bad decisions in her life but she took accountability for her choices and is actually working to get her crap together for her kid. Stay strong kiddo, keep breaking the cycle.
Sucks that most of them don’t really succeed after all that hard work
I am
I’m not shocked at all that Nicholas went back to his old ways. But I thought Cheyenne changed…
@@haannguyen4402 me too
How could you NOT be? Such an incredible kid. I have 3 kids, and if she was one of them, I'd be glowing with pride.
My heart goes out to Marisol, my oldest daughter was 3wks old when I left for basic training, she was almost 2 when I got home again.
That's not the same at all, you had a choice, these kids did not.
Why? She’s only 17 and not in trouble for the first time and that’s now her last chance, for some reason I don’t think that it will be the last time she gets in trouble. I hope for all of them that I’m wrong because all of them are offered such a big chance for a new life.
Nicklas has a great mother, she’s right he has to go back and I hope that she will always send him back. Why didn’t she take all his video games out of his room I will never understand. Sad but most of them go back to we’re they came from. 😢
@@moni1950412 way to be negative and give up on her. Very shitty thing to say.
This is probably the most concern they've had from a parental figure and the proudest they've ever been with themselves. God Bless Them.
I seriously like and respect your comment and totally agree.
I love that the staff take extra time with the kids who need it. Also that they speak to them like a concerned parent, which is something a lot of these kids may never have had.
Yes it is good to see although I wish their parents would have been good enough for them so they wouldn’t have to even be there anyway. It’s sad 😔
Yes.. Greetings from Denmark.
Ruins the program.
@@johnnylongtwig6398 lol
they only do that on camera. its all for show so the camp can get their grants and make their money.
For the kids who complete these programs then go right back to failing at life, the blame falls squarely on the parents. The kids put in the work, while the parents did nothing to maintain the betterment they received. Sad. Some people just don’t deserve to be parents, and their lack of care for their children shows.
So true
Exactly.
And you know this how? You've no idea who the parents are or what demons haunt there world. Some people just make presumptions. These kids were given an opportunity, it's sad that despite their efforts some are still failing.
@itp5x5 It doesn't support the sweeping generalization and therefore you do need to know more about the subjects to use the data accurately. If all these kids had perfect lives then they wouldn't have been here either. All we know about these kids is that someone cared enough to try and get them help,
It's easy to blame someone else. How about the corporations and politicians? I was a sucker working for peanuts while people sitting on their ass getting$500 per doing nothing. Educate me, plz
This is just taking kid who have been in high stress all life and putting them in a even more high stress environment, they will go back home into the same situation
Isn't it amazing that people think this opportunity to scream at children will make them better?
Do this at home and the CPS will be there ASAP.
Clearly you didnt Join any Bootcamps or the military.... No one gives a shit about youre past...
Soft
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
I really feel for Nicholas, the young man has so much going on in his head and found his comfort space and is more than likely on the spectrum (I am myself) I understand 100% what thoughts he is going through, I can barely leave the house, I can’t do groceries I can’t take my fiancé to dinner, it’s not because I don’t want to I just don’t understand how to communicate with people and understand what they want, I feel for this young man an I hope he gets the assistance and assurance he needs.
His mom talked about her alcoholism for several years--I wonder if he was born with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Disorder (FASD)? Hearing her story gives you some insight into his anger, low self-esteem, and probable learning disabilities/developmental delays. ALL of his difficulties are cardinal signs and symptoms of FASD. Unless he gets some support/treatment/psychiatric intervention/instructional adaption, his life is unlikely to improve. He had some true musical talent--and obviously increased self-esteem. An opportunity to build both talent and self-esteem could be exactly what he needs to break out of his limited environment! Any 16 yo male that valued that many books (and that size!) is a bright young man--he just needs support in unlocking his interests and the keys to his learning style!
Hallo, The answer is very simple. You have a disease called perfectionism.
You thought in your head that if everything is not perfect or the way you imagined it, it is automatically wrong.
You think you will be rejected or who knows what from people. And that is very wrong and dangerous.
You are valuable even without any external praise or merit. And you can't be anything more or less than what you are now. Regardless of whether someone gossiped about you or talked about you everything super. You are simply who you are, a child of God and the dignity that every human being has, not related to the status of money, honor or anything else. And that cannot be taken away from you
Today, beware of the current NWO and psychologists and all the others who lie to you to be yourself like in this video at the end. Or similar traps
You will only find the truth for yourself in the Catholic Church.
Sorry for my English, this is google translator
i am also on spectrum and i saw myself in him. it is so hard to find a job or even friends when you don't know how to communicate properly with people you don't know. i am just glad i have very supportive family, who help me with everything.
i hope you're doing well
He has massive pvt. Paula vibes
Autism isn't a diagnosis, it's an excuse.
Same as adhd in the 90s.
As an ex soldier, I feel sorry for the young people. It's always easy to blame the parents for failing but with deeper thoughts, you'll realise that some kids were born differently with condition such as OCD, ADHD, abondonment, all kinds of early trauma which may affect their social development. Trust me it's not always bad parenting.
Interesting you say that, I have ADHD and through grade school before high school I was that troubled child you would hear about. (Throwing desks, hitting, screaming). I have aged out of school and now am in college and till this day my elementary teachers still know me. The only difference this time is they know me as the man who went to his 5th and 6th grade teachers retirement party to show his respects for the way she changed him.
Used to take medication every day, morning and night and have been winged off years prior.
I made it hard for my family but have now developed and anger is really part of an emotion I have any more. I don't remember when I actually got mad... I am what everyone calls me, "The happiest person they have ever met".
Any who, your comment is absolutely correct. One thing with my story is that it is very very rare for what I had done to happen.
@@sir.niklas2090 It is very rare, but what's also rare is people recognizing how much support they got and being appreciative of it. You got a good heart bro don't lose it
while watching this i have noticed that Nicholas likely is on the spectrum.
As am I... its a little tragic.
What's worse
I agree
80% of graduates going on to fail their exams and the kids returning to their bad habits shows how it isnt the kids, it is their environments. There is no point to these kinds of camps if you don't improve community services
That not true the 20% makes it worth it
@@julianrakowskijevdh4373 so you think bc 20% of kids succeed after this sort of camp it's not worth improving community services and home environments so the other 80% can succeed too?
@katie the comment states that the boot camp is pointless because only 20% succeed. The person you replied to is stating it isn’t pointless because it helps 20%. 20% of 133 (class size) is approx 26. 26 people’s lives changed and bettered. The person you replied to did not state that changing the environment isn’t worth it or not necessary just that it wasn’t pointless
@@julianrakowskijevdh4373 Just tell me any other thing you would accept an 80% fail rate in. My point is that this is an inefficient program that fails to get to the heart of the problem. It puts the onus on the kids but it isn't their fault, they are products of their environment. Don't settle for just 20%. We can do better.
What did you have in mind?
Undoubtedly most of them are adolescents of single mothers who would rather shoot heroine then be responsible adults.
I don't know what a better solution would be. Just the fact of coming from a messed up background predisposes them to criminal activity.
I think what would be best would be for them to have places where they can work and go to school until they graduate highschool and have them heavily influenced to join the military.
"Military Labor camps that target poor kids" probably wouldn't make good headlines though.
Scuffed situation all around.
A lot of these kids didn’t need boot camp they needed therapy and support
All of them. Giving them more trauma like at this place only makes things worse
They need both!! The camp and the counseling!
Most of them did need it because they had zero structure home. Parents who are very poor or addicted to drinking and drugs, etc. Inner city kids all around America are in serious crisis. Drugs and crime are everywhere. When China attacked us with "Covid" and the Government forced everyone to be a prisoner in their own homes that was the tipping point. What Hollywood shows on the TV is vasty different than what goes on in real life. I grew up watching shows such as little house on the prairie, but I can tell you, my life was very different than how it was on that show. lol
@@lenitaa7938yea sure
@@joeyg7188Facebook university graduate
I went here, I’ve changed a lot, this help me with my situation, just have to remember after graduating don’t go back to your old ways, but to take action on the goals you wrote down while there.
Marisol is only 17, a single parent, abusive mother......but she has a great heart and a beautiful gentle smile. I hope she finishes the program and then enters the USMC. She definitely has the stones to make it!
Did I miss that she said she wanted to do the USMC? This is the army.
@@user-kt8sx7kj8r this is a boot camp program that has nothing to do with military service or obligation. I'm pretty sure all these kids have the option to join any branch of service upon completion of this program
HOW DARE THEY MAKE CHILDREN JOIN THE MILITARY TO COMMIT WAR CRIMES IN WARS THAT ARE ONLY WAGED FOR GREED BY AMERICA
I agree--what a good, strong, admirable heart!
Wasn't too surprised to hear Cheyenne and Nicolas went back to their old ways but I really hope Marisol can pull through. She has the strength in her you can tell. Really hope she finds the life she's looking for herself and her daughter.
Yeah Marisol is a strong ass kid.
Yes, I really felt for her. To be a seventeen year old mom, who had a bad mom in the first place. That's very rough. Teen brains aren't yet fully developed either.
I pray for the best for her. I hope she finds good people connections in life for work, education, etc.
Same. She's trying so hard
They needed to correct Cheyenne's behavior. There is NO place in the US Military for that kind of behavior. It needs to be removed, period
YCA is not fun at all
No BS tolerated! My nephew was sent to one of these camps by a judge for stealing a car at 14. It was the best experience he said. He thrived in a strict structured environment. He said all boys should at least have a few weeks there and girls too. Most of these kids lack structure and have too much time on their hands.
I’m autistic and I would thrive on structure (I NEED to follow routine to a T)
@@haannguyen4402uncle Sam is always hiring new soldiers, sailors, airmen and marines 😊
Marisol is such a great young woman. I'm so super proud of her! Best of luck to all of them! Such a great program!
I'm so sad about how things turned out for them. I was really rooting for them :(
I KNOOOOOW!!!! Me too!!!!!
I couldn't believe that the dude went back to video games and the gal is wanted by the police!! HER DREAM CAREER!!! 😫😫😫
So these hellholes they call boot camps don’t work? No shit.
That’s not how to reform someone. This is a no-brain way of trying to reform someone.
Ya because being treated like a piece of sheet is always good for development.
@@jedfra9172glad u see it like i do
@@jedfra9172how do you raise a child? Discipline and consequence. If you give all reward. You end up with tubby who only wanted to play video games his whole life.
Marisol isn't just some teenage mom, she is a brave, strong, mature, yong women. It really makes me happy to see how she cares for her daughter and js willing to go through a lot just for her daughter.
maybe if she didn't decide to become a teenage single mom, she wouldn't be going through this. she's guilty for being irresponsible enough to have had sex that young
Young*
you are not mature if you have a kid that young. in fact she's stupid for having a kid she can't even be a proper kid anymore now she has to worry about things adults usually do. especially having to go from place to place that is not good for the baby
I'm saying she is mature for sticking around and not annihilating her child when she found out she was pregnant
What’s mature about not having an abortion? Having a child that young is NOT mature
I was so happy and proud until the end where only one person is still persevering. Cheyanne really disappointed me, after all that hope she had when she was doing the ride along and her work in getting a GED. I really hope she gets herself situated in the future. I hope everyone who has done this finds their place in the world. That one girl loves her daughter so much and does whatever she must to support herself and the little girl. Not like her awful mother before, and I respect her so much for trying.
Total respect for the military creating this valuable opportunity. I so wish I had had such a chance in my youth but back then opportunities were very limited. Excellent documentary, shed some tears for these guys and their hardships as well as bravery. Excellent program.
I truly hope Marisol made it and she’s happy, healthy and stable now. She is a strong young woman who was given a shit hand in life. Putting herself though hell to try and get a better life for her baby. I respect the hell out of her.
Also: Nicolas got sent to boot camp when he just needed to be sent to a psychiatrist to see if he is on the spectrum and if so, receive treatment and to learn coping mechanisms.
Im on the spectrum myself (social skills training (not ABA) works)
Seriously--I felt so bad for this kid. If you have autism, this seems like the absolute worst way to get introduced to social norms and other kids. I would have had a nervous breakdown. I'm really impressed he could keep it so together. I hope he's doing well.
I second this, I have some traits but I am social, enthusiastic as a person. This helps but at the same time, it is uncomfortable but I can deal with the bad ends due to being social. I do get stuck because of some things like, saying yes is hard for me if I am aware of saying it.
So I have to not pay attention to what I am saying only to say yes. That word only. Like I say yeah, yup and the others to confirm. But in many situations yes is necessary. With the cops or authorities it is not a problem, depends on the job someone does. They have to be related to law which is a judge lawyer etc. But anyone else I can not say yes easily. I am getting the hang of it.
Update, I have to zone out less or not at all now. I am learning to not zone out while saying yes on my own. I have some traits but my doctor said I can overcome any things stopping me or that bother me. I am very much of the research type and videogames help me destress. So I use recreational as a destress and fun thing.
I have to zone out to not be aware of some actions. It is very specific like, not being told we are going out 3 days before. I have to zone myself out and go the day of being told. I am doing it less now, and am fine going out that same day. I like to plan and make sure things are in order over time. But I can do it on the same day and bring what I need like food water better where I go. I never did that before and my mom would get upset at me, then hug me and say "it's fine I did not let you know we were going." My mom is still learning about these things but I can manage myself. I had to do it alone, and it was no problem cuz I was stronger and beat myself up to keep going in a good way I am atheltic.
I do have moments where I need to slow down and keep to myself. I get tired, freaked out and spooked in some situations. But, even so I can keep myself just fine, and signal with my hands I do not want to speak. I point to my mouth, and shake my hand no. But, my cousins talk to me to see if I froze up or not like spacing out. I do not do that but the moment that happens, I tell em I am thinking. Like my eyes space out not my awareness so I am good on that.
Autism isn't a diagnosis, it's an excuse
He’s not fucking autistic he literally is just anti social because he never developed a strong relationship with his mom who was an alcoholic as she said herself she drank for 8 years and was as distant from her son as she could be son long as she didn’t need a another beer. He’s basically just never developed a real longing for companionship. I feel the same way most of the time I could care less about bonding with other people and very infrequently do I feel lonely and when I do I just tell myself I’d like not to ruin someone else’s life by wasting their time developing a relationship/friendship just to ghost them.
All kids deserve parents but not all parents deserve kids...
I saw one of these when I was orientating for being a sub in Texas. We were allowed to choose which classes to sub for. This was beyond my scope of experience, but I found the idea of boot camp for troubled kids, intriguing.
Thank you for sharing this documentary
i've worked in law enforcement for a while now. i can tell you, we send people to many different programs. sometimes people will end up going through multiple programs. i'd say about 10% actually get their crap together. the issue is, they complete the program and end up going right back to the same environment that turned them into a piece of crap in the first place, same family, same friends, same social standard. all the programming is undone instantly.
Great point...
But what's the recidivism from juvvie?
Both juvvie and boot-camp are expensive...
I'll take 10% (if that figure you quote is correct) over 0.5%.
Would be interesting to meet some previous grads 10+ years later.
@@Vivacior i worked at a juvenile hall for a few years. same type of thing. you see the same faces over and over. you'll see it in them sometimes, that they really could do better, but like i said, right back to that old environment and its right back to doing the same crap. end up seeing them again a few months later. and maybe now they got a couple tattoos and are gang banging.
Yeah unfortunately the person adapts to the environment, this will never improve until quality of life improves within society.
Worked with yp for a while . The thing that made a difference was programs that encouraged and valued disadvantaged kids . Princes Trust...they could turn things around ...not this bs
Crabs in a bucket. The people around them don't want them to succeed. Until the kids see that it won't change.
I'm rooting for Marisol!! I wish her and her little girl the best!!
Me too ey.
I absolutely love these videos. I didn't watch the whole thing. But I hope this changed their lives for the better.
It’s incredible how sergeant.Yen is genuinely wanting to see Nick become a better human being 💔
It's sad to see some of the kids return to their lives in delinquency, even when they tried so hard to change, they know deep down it's not something that can be fixed in just a couple of months. Marisol deserves the most, she is a strong person and I believe she will do her best to make sure her daughter lives a better life than what she had.
The kids when they get home still need a boot camp atmosphere. Otherwise they will hang with their old friends, same trouble.
@@lauranydb7979 that’s the only problem with this, you get so much support in the camaraderie of the others in your platoon. That’s lost when you graduate and leave.
@@lauranydb7979 On top of this, a lot of these kid’s parents are responsible for creating a bad environment for them in the first place, so coming home to a toxic/abusive parent is going to mess up any progress quickly.
Its basically the same as a rehab not exactly but in a way really this stuff is easy to be honest if you go back to the same spot that’s where’s it hard
Why is it sad? They made all their decisions, nobody else.
This was the one I went too back in 2017. Class 1, it changed my life forever and was one of the best things I could have ever done. Graduated at 16, went to college now years later, almost finished my contract in the Marine corps and I’m enjoying life. I would do this all over again if I could!
Freakin A! Awesome stuff! Rah!
respect my friend! I am proud of you!
Congrats Marcus! We are all proud of you for doing what you have to to better your life.
Same here. Camp slo grizzly program 2012. Went straight into military after
Ooooorah
(I’m not a marine, just respecting)
my ears are suffering listening to this woman sergeant hurting her throat😢
I think her voice is naturally this way. Mine is too, actually. Obviously i missed my calling. She's my spirit animal though. Love her!
52:14 man i was rotting for you the most. Because i play videos alot but i do have friends and i like to socialize. Im not completely isolated or introvert. Sad for you now you have to face your consequences the hard way. Well, best of luck for you brother you only live once don't ruin it.❤
Marisol, wherever you are, I wish you the best and I hope you know how brave and how strong you are to do what's right by your daughter. I know many grown men that have never shown as much courage.
I like the mother of nicholas. Not because she was drinking for eight years or because she was sending his son to a bootcamp against his will.. I like her because she doesnt deny the misstakes she did in the past and is now trying to build up a new relationship with her son.
She didnt send him against his will. He is 18 years old and his parents dont have legal ownership over him at all.
And he returned back to his old ways. He’s 18 and he needs to do something besides play video games.
@@cje3247 tell this to the entertainment branche lol
The next step for her would have been to get rid of his computer, desk, chair...................... clean out the past history. If he wanted new computer gear, GET A JOB and earn it.
He will be a mass murderer in a few years.
They deserve to choose from more than what their life has offed them. Well done! 🙏
This gentleman's experience is incredible in its truth about how he interpreted and dealt with the reality that he lived within and perceived. Proof that good Parenting is essential!
The whole thing was inspiring but the amount of heartbreak I had at the end of the video. I wish the best for all of these people.
People yelling at other people is inspiring to you 😬😱
@@marcelsinky1652 to each their own.
@@marcelsinky1652 You obviously have not experienced anything like this before. I have been through hell week at a senior military college, the yelling is meant to hurt, meant to break you down, but it’s all part of a process. It unites you with your squad/company like you’ve never experienced before. You quickly realize that it is helping you grow and you will make it through.
What’s inspiring is the fact that all of these people made it through a really tough 5 months and became a close knit group. If the “yelling” wasn’t there then none of this would be possible.
It’s sad that the environments surrounding the kids are just pushing them to fall back to what they used to be. That and the parents.
Awwww senior military college oh lala how did you ever survive... If that was hard you wouldn't have made it off sand hill... Don't compare kids playing with rubber duckies and daisy air rifles to the real military...
Marisol should join the army or possibly the marines, she’s perfect for it and it will bring good things to her and her baby, i hope shes doin good
i thought the same.. she was dealt a bad hand in life and i hope she has found her course
Can't be a single parent when you enlist.
@@branchcovidian2001 I’m pretty sure you can be… and why can’t you? Since you said that
@@branchcovidian2001 Her sister has custody (legal guardianship) of her child. I'm not sure how true the single parent thing is but since her child is not in her care. I'm sure she would be able to join.
@@Liz-uv3fz I was in the Army for 22 years. Here's how it goes- For the Army, "Custody" and "Legal guardianship" are NOT the same. Both must be designated on the child care plan but _custody_ is short-term temporary. _Legal guardian ship_ (just like adoption or biological parenthood) are permanent. If she had the kid when she was ALREADY in the Army, the Army would work with her. This is not the case here. She would need to sign over rights to her sister, provided her sister is competent and legally able to take care of the kid. *What everybody is forgetting is these kids are in the "camp" because they did something illegal or otherwise a judge ordered them to be.* RIGHT NOW the military does NOT NEED big numbers. If you have a criminal record, even juvenile, you can pretty much forget it.
You see the problem isn’t with the person, but the environment they grew up in. For example, that introverted guy who played video games you saw how he changed from being with himself to having an actual talent. You have to change your environment to change yourself and make your dream come true.
Currently I’m in a similar situation. I’m not sure what’s going to happen in the next two months but I’m hoping it will turn out well for me.
Have a similar school here in hawaii, honestly when I see them they seem quite happy and proud, some of the best kids and cadets ive seen.
I'm crying watching the beautiful young girl playing with her wonderful little daughter. They really focused upon her because she's very good at speaking while under pressure. It's difficult to speak into a camera in the middle of a very emotional moment. At twenty years old I was sentenced to 136 months in the Federal Bureau of Prisons for some pretty serious federal, financial crimes... I was a delinquent for sure. I don't think I had the strength and gumption to make it through a program like this. I really, really respect and admire these kids.
11 years makes you a criminal you know
When you’re a parent, your motivations are different from that of everybody else’s. You’ll push yourself to do things you wouldn’t otherwise do if you didn’t have a child so that’s why Marisol has done the best out of all of them because she simply had no choice, but to succeed.
I went through a program like this when I was 16. It was the only way I was gonna finish school. It helped me alot with confidence and structure. I then joined the military.
Congrats and good job
What is the program called?
IMPACT was it called impact lmao if so I also went when i was 17
@@Mike-fu3xd Back then was a Thing called IMPACT "Intensive Motivational Program for Alternative Correction Treatment" idk if this was the same program he went to but I also went to one called Impact
Hi please I really love this job and its my dream serve in USA military any help
At least this program is better than the troubled teen industry regardless of what anyone thinks.
I noticed that too. Too many news articles about how bad those troubled teen camps are. Talked to one of the owners of a camp for a few hours. I would never trust that guy around my kids, or anybody else's. This program seems like a great start for the kids. Seems they would be more likely to succeed if the parents got some training too, so they were ready to change their parenting style when the kids came home. If your kid is spending all day in the basement playing video games and overeating, be a parent and stop it.
I completed this program in new Jersey when I was 16.. one of the best parts of my youth.
I grew up in a good family. Not rich but loving parents. But I was a spoiled brat and addicted to video games. I ditched my first year of college. My parents insisted that I must go to serve in the army when I was 18. I had one year of hell there. But it saved my life from myself. I'm 30 years old now and have a good life. The physical and mental fortitude the army service has built up in me made me who I am today.
God Bless you Sir for your Service!
Thank you for your service.
For me it was the exact same. Although i live in Europe. I was spoiled, didnt know how to clean, wash my clothes or do anything besides go to school and play cideo games. Joining the infantry helped alot in my life. I am studying to become a teacher now and i am still in the reserves. Glad to hear how military can positively affect people all around the globe.
Same thing here, just dropped out of university because I just couldn't do the work, currently in the process of enlisting in the Air Force, hoping to join EOD in combat support. Really hoping to change things for the better.
Stay strong
Went to one of these schools in Hawaii. One of the best decisions I’ve made in my life hands down. Aligned with my goals. I joined the airforce at 17 currently deployed.
Good for you thank you for your service
Take care of the Army guys every chance ya get boss!
Oh that’s nice!!! I’m in ROTC, thinking on Joining the air force currently, if that fails I am going or making into the electronic business!!
Question what do you think when someone says "Thank you for your service" i talked to a few people and heard some vets said its cringe and then after they say that your kinda obligated to say something
@@randomclipsmilitary9056 personally I would say “Thank you for your sacrifice.”
You don’t know what someone did in their service. They may have gotten people killed or killed children for example, and you are thanking them for that. It’s very inappropriate to individuals sometimes. Thanks for your sacrifice is much more forgiving.
It’s all about the hope. At least there’s a place where they can go to if they or their parents chose to, away from their existing situation. Hopefully this break will help everyone make better decisions for their future lives. Marisol has the right mindset, hope she will meet better people as she starts her journey to fight for her and her daughter’s betterment.
22:30 the joy on their faces is so pure, it’s rlly sad to know how some of them got on after they left, I was rlly rooting for them. Also, Sergeant Brown towards the end was rlly cute to the guys, like a parent.
I went through Thunderbird Youth Academy 2 times. The first time was court appointed and the second time voluntary. It was one of the hardest things I did as a youth. I walked away from the programs with prefect 4.0gpa and a college degree paid for by the national guard. I still use some of the lessons I learned about life. I can say overall, I miss it, and will pursue a Cadre position at the academy one day to pay it forward. It changed me forever for the good and motivated me to do better in life.
This fills my heart with joy! ❤🎉
now thats taking an opportunity and making it work for you. You have a right to stand proud.
@lpm67 thank you. That means more than you know
"Eye of the Tiger"
Live long and prosper!
Congratulations! Best wishes for success in your future--you have a good start!
It's so sad to hear so many go back to their old ways. The army was so good for me, this brought back a lot of memories of basic training. Difference was that I didn't return to my old life, I was taken out of that environment and placed into a new one. When I got out and went back to my old friends and family, I was fundamentally changed and a different person.
Thanks for you service dude.
I literally had flashbacks to my basic training watching this 😂😂
@@infernogaming7923 Thankfully some rules these people are yelling about would not fly even in the army. Taking away someones bible is illegal under UCMJ and would get the drill sergeant who did it in major trouble.
I get out in a few months so I’m worried about the same thing
So much love from the cadres. It’s a great balance.
Love this. We need more. Bad parenting and educators limited to punishment. It will get worse and more of it.
I'm totally rooting for Nicholas. To see he is still there getting his uniform made me pause to write this. Now to keep watching and cheering him on. I'm cheering the others as well, (having 2 drop is still a loss BUT immensely better than I had expected) and seeing the pride on some faces as they got dressed is so amazing.
Edit.
Well that deescalated too brutally :(
Hell no. The dude basically refused to participate in ANYTHING. He refused to do the workouts when everyone else was. Refused to run when everyone else runs. Did the bare fucking minimum. It’s guys like that, that don’t do shit with their lives and hate other people. It’s guys like him that get babied by mom or grandma and are never disciplined. It’s guys like him that end up as school shooters because they hate the world and think the world is against them, when in reality they are just fucking losers and people tend to point that out.
Ikr
the girl wanted by the police was heartbreaking... I believe part of the problem is that the get back to the same environment so back to crime.
@@ecardozo7043 I was thinking the same thing. they have no one to push or motivate them like the sergeants at the bootcamp did it's a very sad situation, especially after 5 months of hard labor
All boot camps hold 2 people back. It's part of the program.
Both my wife and i went to a program like this when we where teens and in the same class. I went off and join the Army while she went to college and we now have 4 kids. This program has really help us in the long.
Well done. Keep it up.
Y'all went to juvenile Corrections together? 😅
@@aggrocd1985 Still a better love story than twilight, obviously.
Wonderful to hear!
Where is this
I did youth counseling at a youthful offender, 90 day boot camp, run by The Sheriff's dept. in Florida in 2005, and it had very high success rate.
Nicolas couldnt have been forced. He is 18. Legally an adult. Which means he cant be forced to stay.
But at 18 his parents can kick him out of the home and threaten to do so if he doesn't complete boot camp, so.
4:49 my heart goes out to that young mother. She has alot of emotional baggage on her shoulders especially at such a young age.
I felt sorry for her I could see her heart brake when she spoke of her daughter.
I voluntarily imposed my own "boot camp," I joined the U.S. Army at 17 yo. I felt I needed more discipline, structure, challenge and direction in my life. Best decision I made as a teenager. Today, I'm retired with more than enough income, business & farm operator, traveled all over the world, experiences good & bad that can never be taken & changed. If I did not take the choice & direction I may be just like these kids since I too was headed in that abyss. I thank God for His love & guidance.🙏 This is a fantastic program for all misguided youth who are eager to change the direction of their lives.🇺🇲❤️🇺🇲 It can be done🙏🇺🇲
Thanks for sharing your amazing life experience
No body cares
This is not the military tho, it's an incomplete imitation.
Hey son I want you to get out of your bubble so I'm sending you to boot camp wow I would hate her so much lol
Jesus Christ shut up
This breaks my heart! 😢 It's so needed for all kids!! Especially today!
What you said is terribly wrong.
I started tearing up at the end because I was so sure that Chyenne would do so much and then I heard that.
The soldiers running the boot camps can be extremely strict and caring at the same time, it is amazing how they know to balance freedom and rigor so perfectly, amazing work from all of these soldiers to put these kids on the right track
I was in class 19 grizzly youth academy. Shaped me for the better. Graduated high school. Did great things for me.
Class 44 First Platoon!
Class 39 2nd platoon!
Class 37 2nd platoon. Honor platoon of the cycle MYCA
Only one very important thing has been neglected is to prepare them psychologically and guide them morally
Great video, made me cry
These institutions can’t replace a loving safe family . The home is where we all learn how to love value and respect one another. Everything a child learns at home he or she brings to school.
No, but it teaches discipline and self control
Really? Do you remember being a youth? No extreme is good. Form a balance with in children’s lives. Let them be kids as long as possible and guide them treated self actualization.
Many of the young people at these places don't come from loving families so their not replacing anything I went to a place very similar to this one it was called Grizzly Youth Academy for many of us these places change our lives for the better many of us had more experience with gangs and drugs before attending these places than the average American will over the course of their entire life ... I agree nothing can replace a loving family but what happens when there wasn't a loving family in the first place ... Also these places are not extreme compared to the environments many of these cadets came from I still talk to many of the guys I attended Grizzly with over a decade ago and many of us joke about missing it that place was amazing
@@ddcs0s Strangely, you say that. A former youth that I worked with in Medical Foster Care said that she misses the agency and the staff. And wished at 29 that she still had us.
@@deniseeugene1852 I know a lot of people that came out of foster care many were at Grizzly youth academy with me I knew a lot of them from when I was selling and doing drugs as a teenager and I knew a few guys that were involved in gangs that had been in foster care ... I'm sure foster care works for a lot of people and I think the people who adopt kids and genuinely raise them as their own kids are great people but foster care isn't for everyone if it was so great foster kids wouldn't have been involved in the things I was doing they would have been with their loving families
I'm a 38-year-old grown man police officer and Marisol story made me tear up I wonder where she's at today
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@@Nimrodbodeinejr dude wtf let him be
Hopefully she is doing ok😍 and stay safe man
@@Nimrodbodeinejr wow so edgy
@@Nimrodbodeinejr found the convict felon
shows you how important it is for good parents and good parenting as even still they will 80% of the time not change
I went to DCA and it was the best choice I ever made if I was able to go back and do it again I would 100% do it. It was not easy but the brotherhood that was created throughout the program was crazy.
A lot of the "bad kids" and "outcasts" at my school joined ROTC and then the military. It straightened them out, gave them courage, confidence and family.
It would have been so cool to see Marisol join the service. As a nurse she would have housing, education, security and be able to travel the world.
Good luck Marisol, our prayers are with you.
Why are you talking like the adult here? They are your peers.
Absolutely, this should be made mandatory in all countries. The youthof today is too whimpy, how would they defend our countries!!
Well Nicholas wasnt doing anything worthwhile with his life stuck behing video games. Hes noteven getting into it, pretty sad i say😩😩😩
Where is this place if anyone knows please
As someone who went through these kinds of issues as a kid, i remember one place named saint michaels and it was terrible for anything other than putting a bunch of misbehaving kids all in one place together with little care of helping them just giving them an arbitrary number of time as punishment. This seems like something given i'm an adult now would have been much more beneficial than what i went through.
The core issue is the environments they return to. Yes this military style bootcamp gives them the structure and accountability that a lot of them really need but once they leave the camp and return home its back to the same stuff. If anything, the parents/guardians that send their children to these should also agree to at least take some sort of classes to facilitate changes in the household.
Thamk you for the Army and it's Cadre that did the 5+ Months training, is exhausting but I believe worthwhile for America. A heartfelt : Thank you for your Service.
I did this for kids having trouble in my old high school a few years ago. Took my training both as a former RTC while enlisted and as an Officer in the United States Navy to help push and motivate those young men and women into being what they were supposed to be. I helped them see they were not failures they could do anything they set their mind on and that while I was extremely tough at times, they knew I cared about each and every last one of them, just like I did as a RDC training new recruits and just like I did with everyone under my command during my years as an officer.
Proud to say many of those students that at one time were failing every class and ready to drop out of high school not only graduated a few of them also went on to serve in the military themselves.
Those kids were blessed to have you in their lives! It also says a lot about the value of discipline, responsibility and consistent consequences. And teaching morality in America. You can't create a good country with lax morals and wrong values.
I really hope Marisol is doing good with her baby she’s seemed to motivated and I hope she has found a home
Best of luck to Marisol. I hope things are going better these days for her & her daughter.
I'm not at all surprised that these camps just don't work. I've been inside many well-functioning families and none of them use military tactics.
What they do use is giving the kids plenty of real attention, explain why some things are wrong and be consistent in stopping bad behaviour.
This is how you create responsible adults.
Ideally, true!
What happens when a Teen becomes a drug addict or involved with a gang, or trafficked by a boyfriend, etc?? This turns any responsible loving family chaotic due to the Teen stealing from a home, police involvement, overdosing, etc etc! Typically, No amount of loving, talking, caring, discipline is going to change the Teen ! The Teens will do what they want, no matter what their parents counsel them! Sure, the parents can send them to the rehabs, these camps, get them professional help! Sometimes, it works!
Unfortunately, it may take a number of times in the rehab or not even work, in the end!
So, this idea that loving, good families ‘always produce responsible, loving, mature kids’ is a Myth! There is often, at least, one of the kids that goes off the rails!!
Some loving families are just luckier than other good families!!
Obviously, these military camps work for some! In fact, some people thrive in these conditions! Having schedules, purpose, achievements, caring community , new friends, being away from distractions and bad influences! It is like being reset and opening eyes and minds to new possibilities and ways of doing things!
I feel sad that this is probably the first time someone told these kids that they are worth something, that they matter.
I went to one of these schools, diff state but honestly was the best thing that ever happened to me. Got a job at 15 right after my G.E.D. and went to college.
hell yeah🙌
nice!
Ooo RAH! FRANK MILLER!!!
SEMPER FI!!
What did you major in?
We need to accept the fact that this program proves that young individuals just need proper guidance and they can do anything thats presented to them. It also shows that their parents/guardians failed them and we are failing to hold them accountable as well
The staff are carefully chosen...
Asking before touching the recruits is vital...
There may be some young people there who have associated only pain with touch up until that point...
Asking them their permission is giving them back a certain amount of power over their own bodies to a degree...
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This is how the army is as a whole. Unwanted touch is assault
In basic training they have to ask to touch
In the army, there is a huge problem with sexual harassment and assault, so it is drilled into your head to ask before touching someone, even if it is just to fix their uniform, say a name tape is falling off, you can’t just reach over and fix it, you gotta ask first or just straight up let them know about it. It’s customary
That's actually a military thing. It's a long story...
True
I wish there could be more ways "on the outside" for kids and adults to continue this badly needed structure in their lives.
Yes there should be for both because people these days don’t care about how life is unless they go to boot camps and learn more respect and fight for their own country and teach their children right but for now everyone don’t care about anything or anyone it’s sad!
I was so invested for the entire hour and was so proud and so depressed at the end. Jesus Christ.
I went to a place called "Youth challenge academy" it was ran by army soldiers too on Ft.stewart in hinesville Ga.. it was exactly like this and I was terrified my first 2 weeks, it was called Hell for a reason. But once those 2 weeks were over, the other month's were great and I loved it. Out of 7 platoons one being all female, we all got to walk the stage and graduate, something that wouldn't have been possible without. I went on like many other's to serve in the army!! I'd go back ever given the chance.
I had to learn the hard way, about respect there.. I was hard headed and stubborn and didn't think I had to listen to anyone.. I only wanted to leave the first 2 hell weeks. They knew it so they pushed me even harder, making me drop and do 50 pushups randomly. I left there with a set of abs and muscles I didn't know was possible😂
@@NohelaniAloha85 Army Strong Christina.
hooah
I wanna be an Instructor doing this before putting in a packet for drill sergeant
I wish we had places and programs like this here in Brazil. Kids here needs discipline. I do my best with my son, but what worries me, is when he's outta my sight. But I always teach him the best and to respect everyone.
I lost a beautiful 21 yr old grandson to a god-awful cancer... he was making the right moves for a good life when it was brutally taken away. It hurts me to see these youngsters throwing their lives away and I pray they get back on track and realize they have only one life and they can make it great or waste it. R. I. P. Nicholas Bel
Rest in peace, just lost my 22 y/o girlfriend to an overdose and agree, hope these kids able to move forward with their lives or it's not gonna treat them well at all.
@@Unstrict I'm so sorry for your loss and that she fell to such a terrible cause.... again I find it heartbreaking to see so many young people lose their direction and their lives to drugs and the things that come with that lifestyle. I hope the sorrow you feel today will give you the motivation to move forward in your life to good things. I'll share with you another sorrow.. my Nick has been gone 5.5 years and just earlier this year his one and only sweetheart fell to a drug overdose. They're putting something in recreational drugs that is killing people. Who "they" are I'm not sure and "why" there are doing it is a mystery to me but losing your life to a momentary feel-good is very dangerous now. I grew up at a time when recreational drugs were just that.. you did a little, somethin-somethin, and went out and danced the night away or maybe just cleaned your kitchen from top to bottom but it's different now. DRUGS KILL and that's no joke.
it's not about you in this doc...
@@Unstrict oh my gosh... there isn't much I can say except my heart goes out to you.. strength and courage, my friend.
@@g.w.hampton5525 I appreciate it. It's fentanyl and other analogues of it, RC opiates that are inorganic hence Research Chrmical. More analogues just keep showing up that are stronger. I'm 90+ days sober. Also, drug addicts don't generally, "choose" the lifestyle there.. I lived in a garbage neighborhood for awhile so many things are unavoidable. Another super common thing happening w/ kids, which happened to me. Was wisdom tooth surgery all 4 impacted got a vicodin prescription w/ 20 and that was enough to be hooked. Again, it's not a choice to be an addict. Choice to use drugs? Well that's not that simple if you already have, and won't notice you have an addictive personality until something comes into play for you to be addicted to.
I actually sat down and watched this whole video and I mean it was just great. From staff to the video quality, this was amazing! The fact that this program is free is also exactly what this country needs! No excuse! Very proud of all those who made it through and managed to stay consistent even after graduation! 🎓
So many kids are suffering from bad parents who don’t realize children need TWO parents.
I only have 1 parents from age 5 + so yea
And I trun out fine
God bless these soldiers for their intervention with these troubled kids!
These troubled teens were so amazing! They worked so hard to turn their lives around. I give all props to the marvelous people who worked tirelessly to help these kids find the greatness within these kids! Well done!
Sure,but chances are they either went in to have successful life,but many went back to their old ways of drugs,money violence.
Well they are actual troubled teens compared to 70s-90s where they would put kids who had mental health issues and some of them enter because their parents did awful things but the kids said no so they sent them to troubled teen programs and it doesn't help that was when abuse was normalized
Nicholas finally touched grass in 8 years. Big W
Good luck for you all.
Greetings from Germany.
I am 66.
I had just went through one of these Academies, the video actually came out a week or two before I graduated. It’s one of the best decisions I’ve made in my entire life and will happily tell struggling kids to go. These Academies and Cadre do so much for our communities, and I’m about to go back to a sub ChalleNGe program for a Medical Assistant class and can’t be more thankful. Thank you to the US National Guard, and to the ChalleNGe Academies across the country.
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No matter how tough it is, these kids will realize that this is one of the best things that has happened in their lives.
I was in a National Guard Challenge program in 2000 in Missouri, there was ALOT of hazing, it was in fact harder than Marine Corps bootcamp. It got closed down for what someone I met on Recruiters Assistance said was hazing. Since than I've heard several bad things about the Challenge programs. Some cadre were fine but the issue was some were crazy and had free reign because they were the only one there for a 3 day shift and could get away with alot of shady shit.
What would happen if one of these kids just say no. They don't want to do what they have been told ?
They would be kicked out. Meaning going back to their old life or preason if it was one of the choices provided by court
very proud of Marisol and those cadets. I am so glad the youth of today have some place to go.
Was the best thing that ever happens to me I graduated in 2001. No trouble since.
My boyfriend spent a total of 3 years in boot camps as a teen . hes now 30 and has not been in trouble once since 17 . these programs look really hard but i think they work good for those needing to learn to respect authority . hope all these kids heal, change , live good honest lives 💜
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Is he special forces now?
I'd off myself.
But fuck authorities
Rember respecting authority is worst thing he learned respect through force only respect from your soul is true respect