Common sense tells us that sometimes we must hold a child to keep him or her from engaging in dangerous behavior - like running into heavy traffic. There is no treatment value to restraining or holding a child against his or her will. That type of restraint is dangerous and abusive. There are no magic cures for behavior problems. Children in treatment have rights.
Children have a right to safe, effective and humane treatment.
If a treatment approach or setting does not meet those criteria, it is not treatment. But good treatment does not violate youths'rights. Rebirthing therapy is a questionable and unproven technique that relies on overpowering a child and rendering him or her physically helpless. There is no shortage of modern-day quacks and medicine men who offer false hope to those who suffer. Child-rearing brings both pain and pleasure into our lives.