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This video is a fraud. The interviewer is an admitted child abuser who asked a series of very leading questions to get the little girl to answer the way he wants. The interview takes place at a facility a child named Candace Newmaker was killed in. It's called The Evergreen Center For Attachment.
There is more to the Ferriter case than just the parents being a couple of whack-jobs. They obviously got involved in a cult called Attachment Therapy and in particular a so-called 'therapeutic foster parent' and child abuse promoter named Nancy Thomas. Nancy Thomas worked at the facility Candace Newmaker was killed in. Thomas also appears briefly in the full Child Of Rage documentary. The peanut butter sandwich diet in particular comes STRAIGHT from Nancy Thomas.
"RAD-mom" Keri Williams spoke on behalf of the defense at Ferriter's sentencing hearing. She runs a "RAD-mom" Facebook group and writes op-ed pieces about her experiences as a "RAD-mom". She called R.F.'s statement forgiving Tim, "manipulative". I saw it in her group. Anyone who disagrees is banned and blocked.
@cocomod This has been used before in other cases of abuse of adopted children. The killers of Candace Newmaker got off with the minimum sentence for manslaughter because the child supposedly had Reactive Attachment Disorder.
The child in the Ferriter case, an adoptee from Vietnam was demonized and victim-blamed while extended family and many in the community remained loyal to, rallied around and defended the abuser.
For more info about Attachment Therapy and in particular Nancy Thomas, check out: AT Proponent — Nancy Thomas
There's also a Facebook group called Attachment Therapy Is Wrong.
That link is shocking. More than just this "Thomas’s parenting methods are based on isolation, deprivation, humiliation, and being non-communicative with the child" is the excerpts at the end. The excerpts at the end are eerily reminiscent of the abuses we heard in the trial. So when the Ferriters claim they got "help" is this the type of "help" and "guidance" they sought out?
"The dividing line between whether a child will stay in a family or going to have to go into residential care is if they will go to their room [when ordered]"
"In the beginning, your child should learn to ask for everything. They must ask to go to the bathroom, to get a drink of water, EVERYTHING. When it starts to feel like they must ask to breathe, you are on the right track."
"They do not eat with the family. They do not eat my food. They eat peanut butter and jelly. … and they get them for breakfast, lunch and dinner. But if I’m out of bread, they get oatmeal. You want to be sure they get a balanced diet, and peanut butter and jelly on whole wheat bread with a huge glass of fresh milk is very balanced."
"In the beginning, rewards and bonuses should be food, clothing or necessities."
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I don't know what happened here but something seemed to change in the period between verdict and sentencing. I certainly hope the judge did not see something like that video without seeing something like your link that counters it.
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