Comments on: Calling It What It Is

By: Susan Runge

Susan Runge — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 05:05:10 +0000

Rita,
I appreciate your honest presentation. You have said what absoluely needs to be said! I have watched so many lives change here and switch to a new and positive track. It is amazing. May God guide us in our work. Susan R.

By: Susan Venters

Susan Venters — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 17:25:13 +0000

I am the guardian of twins that have attended the family school for over 16 months. The Family School is a place of “good work” done by generous people. Recently the girls were home for the holidays and while they where home they experienced a true grateful sentiment towards the school for what it had provided for them. The Family school has taught our entire family how to deal with many issues in a positive manner.

My husband and I where totally touched and changed after our first visit to the school. The twins have gained so much from their time at the school and they have many positive thoughts about their future!

I recommend if you are looking for a caring and life changing environment for your children….go experience it for yourself. One trip to the school will answer all of your questions. Enough said!!

I haven’t met you Rita but I like your SPUNK! Thanks to the entire staff for what they are achieving. Susan

By: Mary Dashiell

Mary Dashiell — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 15:42:22 +0000

I am the mom of a daughter who was on a fast track to destruction. I have come to recognize the cunning nature of the disease of alcoholism/addiction. It is no wonder to me that The wonderful, God guided, honest FFS would be under attack. It is a spiritual battle, it has been waged long before me, my daughter, you or FFS.
I will keep you in my prayers, I will keep the school and all it’s teachers and counselors and coaches and health care workers and staff of all kinds in my prayers. Please remember and try to have faith, that God IS in charge! And with that, you and yours and The Family Foundation School will be OK……… always.
Thankyou for your courage and for fighting the good fight. Thankyou for saving my daughter’s life!

By: Marcy

Marcy — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 13:41:53 +0000

Thank you Rita for your honesty regarding this smear campaign and your transparency regarding the practices of the past! All I can speak to is the present! Our son has been at the Family School for almost a year. The growth we have seen in him is nothing short of a miracle. Every time we are at FFS, we comment on the positive atmosphere, the feelings of love and support and the messages of respect and hope. Our son has flourished in this environment and he appreciates what the faculty has created. We too, as parents cannot thank FFS enough for helping us stop the insanity, and return our son to a life of respect, determination and peace. It is our hope that he will take the tools that he has acquired at FFS with him throughout his life! The Family School has handled our son and our entire family with nothing but respect, love and guidance! THANK YOU !!!!

By: Janet

Janet — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 19:22:41 +0000

I’m with Arlene. I am so grateful to the FFS for being there in our time of need and for the incredibly dedicated and caring staff who work there. I do not know what the future holds for my daughter or our family but I know you have given us a chance we otherwise would not have had, and I have not had one second of regret or second thoughts about the decision we made to send her there.
Yes, the Internet can be a frustrating place to be. Hopefully, at some point in the future, that will change as well. In the meantime, I, for one, do not waste my time on such sites.
G-d bless all of you at FFS!

By: Rick

Rick — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 15:23:48 +0000

My child entered FFS last October. This is the first I’ve heard of the “smear” campaign, so I have no background or knowledge of the history of the campaign. So please overlook these comments if they don’t “fit.” Clearly it is critical to respond quickly and thoroughly to every allegation in the forum it is made. Also, first and foremost, the responses to the allegations need to be impersonal. Then they need to be thoughtful, direct and certain. By “certain” I mean the responses need to be conclusive and decisive without being arrogant or self-serving. Not easy, I know.

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Lies « The True Family School — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 16:16:51 +0000

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By: Shannon Quinby

Shannon Quinby — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 15:16:15 +0000

This is a fabulous post, Rita. My daughter Katie Brinkley (graduated 6/05 – Family 3) has vigorously defended The Family School on her own Facebook page and will continue to do so whenever possible. Her life post-FFS is a testament to what the school and its principles are about: she has had ups and downs to be sure, but will graduate from George Mason University this May with a B.S. in Social Work. Recently Katie accepted a job to begin right after graduation by the organization at which she is interning; she is the only student in her graduating social work class who can say this. Her professors and supervisors in this program consistently tell her she has ‘uncommon’ wisdom and depth for one so young and an ability to empathize rarely seen in those twice her age. Where did this come from ? We all know it and say it…The Family School. As a family, we celebrate our decision to have sent her to you and will be forever grateful to God for answering our prayers that darkest of years, 2003. God bless you and keep fighting the lies. I couldn’t agree with you more. P.S. I am working on my post-Bachelor’s certification in Addiction Counseling (Maryland and D.C.).