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S24 Ep10: My Own Mother Wasn't Going to ...

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*Content Warning: childhood abuse, violent abuse of children, child sex abuse, grooming, psychological and physical violence, body-image abuse, cultic abuse, body dysmorphia, disordered eating. 

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https://www.turningwinds.com/about-why-we-do-what-we-do/ 

Tompkins, Lucy, "Fox Guards Henhouse" in Montana Programs for Troubled Teens." Montana Department of Labor & Industry, January 22, 2019 
https://archive.legmt.gov/bills/2019/Minutes/House/Exhibits/buh68a08.pdf  

Titone, Julie, "Importing Troubled Teenagers Behavior Camps Become Big Business In Region." The Spokesman Review, June 2, 1996
https://www.spokesman.com/stories/1996/jun/02/importing-troubled-teenagers

Residential Treatment Centers for Teens from Idaho, located in Montana.” Turning Winds
https://www.turningwinds.com/idaho/ 

Seen N' Heard (July 2000).Strugglingteens.com, July 1, 2000
https://strugglingteens.com/artman/publish/SnHJul00_000701.shtml 

Kinnaird, Keith, "Settlement possible in Turning Winds lawsuit." Bonner County Daily Bee, March 1, 2008 
https://bonnercountydailybee.com/news/2008/mar/01/

State closes youth treatment center.” The Lewis Tribune, February 25, 2002
https://www.lmtribune.com/northwest/state-closes-youth-treatment-cente

Turning Winds New Perspectives.Strugglingteens.com, April 23, 2004
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