Quote From: lindakey Just wondering if anyone else is thinking that Dr Phil is SO wrong in rewarding bad behavior with glamorous trips and/or debt relief? Like the combined families who were trying to live in too small quarters; what does he do? Give them a trip and build them a house. Does that not tell people to go ahead and do whatever
without thinking of the consequences, and someone will come along and bail them out. (whether it be Dr Phil, the neighborhood church, or the tax payers?)
Where are the rewards for couples who are doing it right? Paying their bills - raising their kids-taking care of their parents?The idea of offering them counseling or help is good. But extravagant rewards are wasted on the (ignorent) ones who get THEMSELVES into messes.What do you think?
I think what they are trying to do is set people up for success. I try to do this for my kids but some people don’t have the support system in place to provide this. Yes they tended to reward people for making mistakes, but if you can turn these people’s life around by a simple kind act then why not? If I had the means to help people like this I would find it very gratifying.
It is true there are sometime little material rewards for doing what is right but that is not why most people do what is right in the first place.
It is really hard to judge people that appear on this show based on 30 second well edited clips of their lives. I would expect that there is generally more to the story then what is seen on TV.
So if your nieces or nephews showed up on your door step needing a place to live you would send them packing if there was not enough room in your house? Or are you saying you would let them stay but would not go looking for hand outs from others to help care for them?
