Talk:Boys Town (organization)

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Molestation

What about the molestations that happened at the Boys Town in Banning?[1]

Is this being swept under the rug? ≈Superbeatles™ —Preceding signed but undated comment was added at 06:10, 28 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

This does in fact refer to a different boys town if you read the article linked to above it says

"...Boys Town in Banning. The now-demolished school was modeled after the storied Nebraska institution..."

But what is relevant is the Franklin child abuse allegations which were connected to boys town Nebraska because Lawrence E. King donated large amounts of money and also provided employment for many of Boys Town's young men. It is alleged that King amongst others used Boys Town children as child prostitutes, and encouraged them to coax other Boy's Town children into child prostitution. It is only fair to mention that the Boys Town staff were not implicated and are said to regret relations with Lawrence E. King. Source for this is the documentary Conspiracy of Silence which is available on the internet in several places.

Charles Manson

Charles Manson connection?

The Charles Manson article states that he was briefly sent to Boys Town. I don't think it needs to be mentioned here, as it was long before the events that Manson is notable for. Rodparkes 06:08, 13 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Ahem... what sort of logic is that? Of course he wouldn't be sent there after what made him notorious. However, his experiences here would be important to ascertain to anyone who studied the making of the monster. __meco (talk) 09:20, 4 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The Wikipedia article on Charles Manson states that he left Boys Town after only 4 days of residence which hardly qualifies him as being an "alumnus." T.E. Goodwin (talk) 22:06, 25 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

As an alumni, as far as I know, the story on his being there was that what he got kicked out for at the end of those four days was taking a knife and then using it to steal a van. That's what were told. It was implied that he threatened people with the knife on his way out.

Boys Town Australia

There is a similar Boys Town organization in Australia (www.boystown.com.au) - is it an offshoot? It should either be mentioned here or disambiguated from this one, as appropriate. Rodparkes 06:08, 13 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

What are "at risk" children?

What does that mean? Can someone who knows change the wording, please? Citizen Premier (talk) 06:20, 7 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

It basically means that Boys Town is a dumping ground for Omaha, Nebraska, the Midwest in general, and I'm sure the whole of Americas juvenile delinquents. I should know, I'm being sent there in three days for FUCKING TRUANCY. >:-( A year and a half. 18 months. Because I missed school. FUCK

Hotline

Does anyone have any information on how effective the Boys Town hotline is? If so, would it be relevant to the article to include information about the hotline?