Montana
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There is a special on 48 Hours now. It started at 10:00 p.m. EST.
Regards,
Montana
Regards,
Montana
They stated at least 450 boys were kicked out & are now the Lost Boys!
That just made me sick.
I am wondering why we aren't seeing more 'Lost Boys' being interviewed one on one in the media? Many articles have been done by the women, and they have a lot of important info to give. But they only have half the info- they don't have the FLDS from the male viewpoint, from the viewpoint of the 'Lost Boys'.
But most are on welfare. I think it is a gift in disguise, being on the outside is a better life all around, mentally and spiritually.The Lost Boys need to hire a lawyer to go after the parents for child support. Maybe that would put a stop to some of it.
But most are on welfare. I think it is a gift in disguise, being on the outside is a better life all around, mentally and spiritually.
I didn't get the same reaction as you. Some of the boys were smart enough to leave on their own, like the girls they showed. They know what punishment awaits them as far as the cult and their families- I think they are brave and wise beyond their age.Raised the way they were with the threats of damnation, with the fear of outsiders, with their young ages, for many of them it is like they were sentenced to a living death. They can't get past the loss of their family, there would be parts of their old life they would miss, there much of the new life they would fear too much to allow themselves to join in.
For those boys, all they did was try to kiss a girl or go to the movies, or some other small action. And they were ripped from their family, from their lives, from everything they know. I would see them more as paralysed, fearing that any action on their part would cause something worse or feeling that things couldn't get worse so they have nothing to lose. Or they might feel they are already sinners beyond redemption and so whatever they do is ok, that they cannot be punished more than what they have been.
These are kids, they think like kids, they reason like kids. And adolescent kids at that. They don't reason like adults, and adolescents tend to dramaticize their emotions more.