Not My Kid

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Not My Kid
Directed by Michael Tuchner
Produced by Patricia Finnegan
Sheldon Pinchuk
Written by Christopher Knopf
Starring Viveka Davis
George Segal
Stockard Channing
Distributed by CBS
Release date(s) January 15, 1985
Running time 100 min.
Language English
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Not My Kid is a 1985 television film directed by Michael Tuchner. The movie premiered on television and had a VHS release.

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The movie centers around the fifteen year old Susan, who was once a promising student, but now only hangs out with people who have a bad influence on her. After a car accident, her stomach has to be pumped out because of drug problems. She is now confronted by her parents, who are mad at her, thus alienating her even more away from them. When it doesn't look like she's stopped using of drugs and alcohol and has been running away from home several times, her parents send her to a controversial drug intervention program. Here, she meets several drug addicted teenagers whose addiction had driven them to illegal activities and prostitution. Her parents soon ask themselves if they did the right thing by sending her there.

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A teenaged drug addict is sent to Dr. Royce's controversial drug intervention program where the addicts in the program confront each other in supervised group meetings. Also, in evening meetings, the addicts are confronted by their families. The girl's parents want to remove her from the program because it upsets them that their daughter is being forced to associate with addicts who admit to stealing and trading sex for drugs. They remain in denial until their daughter admits at a family confrontation meeting the extent of her drug addiction. After this they are able to address their own feelings about being the family of a hardcore drug addict. The daughter is reunited with her family only after all of them have acknowledged her addiction and accepted therapy for it.

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