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Subscribe here: http://9Soci.al/chmP50wA97J Full Episodes: https://9now.app.link/uNP4qBkmN6 | Teenagers in Trouble (2022)

It's no secret that teenagers are sometimes troubled, sometimes troublesome. In the United States a thriving $50 billion dollar industry of so-called therapeutic boarding schools and military-style boot camps claims "tough love" is the best medicine to cure young people's problems. But as Tara Brown reports, these often-secretive institutions are largely unregulated, and far from assisting teenagers have actually caused them serious and lasting harm. Now though survivors, led by celebrity "It Girl" Paris Hilton and including a brave Australian woman, have had enough and are demanding that parents stop outsourcing parenting. 

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For over forty years, 60 Minutes have been telling Australians the world’s greatest stories. Tales that changed history, our nation and our lives. Reporters Liz Hayes, Tom Steinfort, Tara Brown, Liam Bartlett and Sarah Abo look past the headlines because there is always a bigger picture. Sundays are for 60 Minutes.

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