My parents used to punish me almost exactly like this. They didn't create a prison cell. But they would make me stay in my room for weeks at a time. My mom also beat me mercilessly, and threatened me to not tell anyone about it. The last incident, my mother chased me with a baseball bat, and threw me out of the house at age 16 because I had a girlfriend. I wasn't a violent kid. Didn't do drugs or break the law. But I did rebel against the strict biblical upbringing she imposed on myself and my brother. She could have gone to jail for what she did, and I am still bitter about her treatment. To this day, she tells me that she made some mistakes, but did what she thought was right. It still bothers me mentally, and I'm now in my 50's.

I'm thankful for the contractor and the police for following up on this

I am so thankful for the contractor acting on his instincts.

Contractor of the Year award for the good man who reported his bizarre project!

I know a couple who are wonderful parents. They had 6 kids of their own, then adopted an 11 year old from China who had been raised in a state orphanage before that. He also had behavioral issues, to the extent that it was becoming unsafe for the other children. I was shocked when I heard the stories (I was younger at the time) because of how highly I esteemed the parents. I had thought they could handle anything and that their good parenting would "save" the boy. They probably thought similarly when they adopted. Turns out children, and especially traumatized children, are a lot more complex than that. They ended up having to send him to a care facility for a couple of years. It was a good place that specialized in children with these types of behavioral issues, and they visited often. He is now back with the family. He's 18 but has no real plans for his future. He is still pretty developmentally behind. Their bio son is also 18 and just went off to college. I guess all of that to say, adoption is complex, and the best parents I know tried their hardest but were unable to erase his trauma and even had to get outside help. But they didn't lock him in a cell.

There’s something so satisfying about when you’re interested in a case/situation/scandal and then you see Dr.Grande uploads a video on that subject.

Instead of seeking help from a child psychologist, he hired a carpenter. OOOOoooookaaay

I had serious behavioral problems growing up, but my mom didn't lock me in a cell. She couldn't handle me, so she put me in a treatment center. They had other options.

Did the dad think he was gonna beat those charges?? With video evidence?? He went from 2 years to potentially 40…

The only one here who deserves a prison cell is Tim. Glad that the police and the contractor acted fast and saved that poor child! I hope he heals and finds a happy, loving family. He deserves it

I was waiting for you to cover this. The most heartbreaking part of this, for me, was... in all the hours of recordings (I listened to 6-8hrs), I never once heard either 'parent' say, "I love you." 🥺 The 'mom' was a cold warden and the 'dad' was a sadistic bully. 😠

You truly never know what goes on behind your neighbors doors. Stay safe people.

John could have very well suffered trauma at a young age before being adopted. This combined with god knows what parenting style from his adoptive parents contributed to his behavioral challeneges. He was/is a child...he needed help from a young age. Not to be blamed and then abused by his parents. Prayers he actually gets support. Especially now

Abusive people always feel that their behavior is acceptable.

I’m adopted and my parents were social workers placing children for adoption, so I’ve always been well-informed and interested in the topic. I generally share Dr. Grande’s views on family vlogs but I do watch some videos from various ones involving adoption, particularly when the children have additional needs (NOT the ‘momfluencer’ type). Many children have far more problematic behaviour than this boy and the parents remain endlessly patient. They accept the job they have chosen to take on. Some of his behaviour seems to just be from being intelligent and having no stimulation. And pushing and embarrassing siblings is well within typical behaviour even though it isn’t good.

This just breaks my heart. I understand that John was a trying child to parent, but adopted children are not made to order possessions. You shouldn’t shut a dog in a dark room for 18 hours. Thanks for covering this Dr. Grande.

John's behavior is likely worsened by Ferriter's behavior and actions. If you treat a child like an animal, often they will act like one. Timothy had a grandiose sense of self and a fragile one, both of which may indicate NPD, and I believe his control issues are as a result of his own upbringing, perhaps he felt out of control growing up and has a pathological need to control. I cant imagine what his wife went through because of him.

I wonder why they couldn’t get the help they needed, it can take time to work through the mental health system. You have to continue to advocate for your child. I know how this goes. I hope “John “ gets the help he needs! Thank you Dr. Grande for covering this!

I think Ferrier was sadistic. Abusers make their victim feel that they are worthless and entitled to nothing, except what the abuser permits. With the victim knowing that for any reason or no reason the abuser will take back what ever he has permitted. Humiliating his son, calling him a “tough guy” for daring to turn on air conditioning. Daring his son to confront him, egging him on to further disobedience so the father could punish him further. Humiliating and sadistic.

I can imagine the contractor looking at Tim with a straight face saying, “You said you want the office in your garage? Cement floors? Lights and locks that can only be controlled from outside? And surveillance? Seems reasonable, let’s get to work.”

My father was "kept" in a darkened room for a significant portion of his childhood -- and I'm quite sure it "stunted" his personality (it was not he who told me about this; his sister, my aunt, told me about it). He was a boy in the 1930s and he had a facial twitch (referred to as "St. Vitus Dance" in those days). The doctor said he was to be kept in a darkened room after coming home from school. Such a facial twitch typically "cures itself" in children and, so, when it finally faded away he was "cured" by the "darkened room therapy."

I worked with him at Medtronic. Spent plenty of time with him as he was one of my associates. It’s so creepy knowing this. I didn’t recognize anything out of the ordinary except that just always seemed overly serious. It really has shaken me knowing how much time I spent with him going to different hospitals doing aortic cases

I remember when this news broke and being confused by his wife's statement at the time. Thanks for covering this case and giving us an update

He was offered a 2 year prison sentence with 5 yrs probation ⁉️ For traumatizing & torturing a child who will feel the effects for the rest of his life⁉️ People caught with weed get sentenced about 5xs more than that. What's going on here????

"she may have just witnessed a preview of what's gonna happen to her "😂😂😂

The kid ran away from home but continued going to school ?!?! Wow what a good kid !

I watched this trial every day. My opinion, a lot of the boy's behavioral problems were caused because he was never shown any love, affection, or compassion. The young boy was kept in a room in their garage in their Arizona home.

Did Tim ever think he himself may be the root cause of "Johnny’s" behavior. Just a thought

His wife is just as guilty...she knew what was happening and did nothing to either address or rectify the situation.

Thanks for covering this Dr. Grande - I saw bits and pieces of Timothy Ferriter's trial but could not stomach most of it.

There’s something poetic about this guy getting the same punishment he inflicted on his son. Unfortunately he won’t have to clean his own bucket of poop, but close enough.

I requested you cover this! Thank you so much for being so thorough and making some sense of the situation. I could not understand how Tim and Tracy felt justified...enough to risk decades of prison time. I love that all their kids were taken away. And, being a fellow victim of abuse, I'm sorry JohnDoe still doesn't want his parents to suffer. It's heartbreaking.

The lost child is made to feel that he himself is the cause of all the calloused, sadistic treatment he has received, for as long as he can remember. This is an extremely sad story ... I hope, he can receive true loving kindness and the help to heal! I wonder about the other children of that household.

Locking him in a room would make his behavior worse. ADHD kids need regular exercise. And being cut off from his family would cause great emotional harm. The dad was really cruel to lock the child up without even the ability to turn lights on or use a bathroom! The dad should spend twice the years in prison that he locked his son up for.

I have RAD and foetal alcohol syndrome. I was as a child and still as an adult severely behaviourally challenged and i got sent to a psych ward repeatedly as a teenager and heavily medicated. My mother abused me horrifically for 19 years and i was locked in my bedroom with a bolt numerous times, often for 2 days straight. This kind of severe abuse directed at me, for 19 years straight, didn't help me. It irreversibly destroyed my entire life. I have limited life skills, ~60 police arrests for public freakouts in 10 years, secure units, secure units etc, i have no future except locking myself in my flat and never interacting with the outside world and having barely anyone in my life useful. I could have been helped but instead was left to be beaten senseless, imprisoned, poisoned, raped and mentally tortured. Tip: if your kid is like John or me or other kids, don't destroy them further!!! Get them to a treatment centre of some kind, get them put in psychiatric care, anything official, don't purely take it into your own hands or destroy the kid more!!!!

I just bailed out on a cheesy horror movie on Tubi. Then I came here and found this video. This is infinitely more interesting with zero sp fx, one camera angle and zero budget. Held my interest all the way through it, including the comments. Great job, Doctor!

Thank you Dr. Grande for another informative video. With a splash of sarcasm. 😊

If that house caught fire, "John" wouldn't be able to get out. When a friend built a room in the basement level for her oldest, it was a legal requirement for there to be a door capable of egress and ingress and a window large enough to get through. The contractor wouldn't build a room like Tim asked for.

A heads up. The Contractor never called this a room or an office. The deposition by PalmBeach County LEO was TIM told the Contractor he needed a BOX built in the garage. Box was the term used by Tim.

Good Lord what a case. Sad,disgusting and bizarre all rolled into one. Don't even know what else to say.

Dr. Grande always got them lines "the first one was built by his contractor The second one will be provided by the state" 🤣🤣🤣

I’ve listened to this video a few times already. Thank you, Grande, for bringing us this case analysis.❤ Your coverage of this timely circumstance is informative and interesting.❤

Ya know, I can't help but get the sense that the kids problems were made far worse by Tim even before a cage was involved.

What a disturbing case. It’s hard to understand how anyone would consider locking a child in this manner an acceptable behavior. Thank you for sharing your thoughts in this case, Dr. Grande.❤️

I watched a lot of this trial, but I had to mute the videos of Tim berating his son. You know it's bad when even the defense is telling the jury "okay we all know and acknowledge that this is the WORST way to treat a child with attachment disorders," and then they went on to try and justify it not being malicious. As the prosecution said in their closing, if there had been an emergency, the kid had no way to escape that room. I can't begin to imagine what would have happened in the event of a fire, I'm glad no one had to find out. How is that anything other than malicious abuse? The jury got it right, I hope the judge doesn't go easy on Tim. Most of all I hope that the kids in this case, especially the boy who was locked in that room, get help and support.

God, the father is such a pos. Lets see how tough he is against the other prisoners.

This is a lose lose situation it’s horrible when the system won’t support parents and won’t help children I don’t think what this man did was right completely but I do think he tried to figure out a better way and was at his wits end - sad all the way around - the family loses

Dude you are so well spoken and, clearly, naturally highly intelligent on top of being educated. I so very much enjoy simply listening to you speak. Your syntax, tone, inflection, all of it is soothing. And the content is displayed from an entirely unbiased standpoint, which is seemingly rare at least on KZfaq.. Thank you for the entertainment =] I, as well as many others, verily enjoy it.

Just checking for a new doctor grande video to my delight after seeing that you hadn't posted yet, you posted!

Best description of this case I've heard so far with reasons as to why the parents, especially the father, did this.❤ I also didn't know the father rejected a two year plea deal. I guess anyone who thinks locking a child in a tiny room is appropriate, would then be dumb enough to not accept an extremely light jail sentence under these circumstances. I hope this child gets the help and love he deserves. I cannot imagine how horrible he must've felt locked in there, all alone. Thank u for another great analysis, Dr. Grande...I wish u could post 5 new videos per day. 😂❤

Thank goodness the contractor went with his gut feeling reporting this, and kudos to the police for taking the report seriously, and opened an investigation.

A good example of how important it is for good people to speak up, even though sometimes they are wrong, in this case the contractor could have easily just ignored his suspicion and done nothing about it. The guy was actually counting on people not caring because otherwise he would have built the prison cell in secret and not involved a contractor.

Brilliantly summarized Dr Grande. It's a tragic story, parenting is so hard, but kids must be protected and there are options!

I followed this case and appreciate your insight! Thank you!

Thanks Dr. Grande I was hoping for this story. ❤

Very well thought out. One of my favorites of Dr. Grande's videos.

John may have severe problems, but he's more intelligent than Tim. Granted, RAD is a brutal affliction impacting everyone in proximity but this kind of creepy authoritarian abuse only makes it worse. I hope Tim gets sentenced to years. You can't treat a human like that.

I was really hoping you would cover this case. I feel so bad for John, I hope he is able to find proper treatment and thrive despite all of this. It makes me angry to think of how many more parents do things like this and get away with it because no one ever intervenes.

I have been waiting for you to give us your review on this story. :)

1:50 I'm already creeped out

I’m sure Tim’s abuse spilled over in other ways to wife and other children.

I've never heard of this case before! Thanks for the upload, Dr. Grande! Your true fans love your humor! Time to have some baked macaroni and cheese.

When the Doc started in on the evidence against Tim I just expected him to start laughing and say..."did you see the room? Need I say more..?"

Eloquent and insightful, as ever. Thank you Dr Grande!

This is why you dont contract out your secret torture room. You build that shit yourself

What baffles me, along with the generally despicable behaviour, is the stupidity of the parents, hiring someone else to build a prison cell. What did they think would happen, other than that person contacting the police?

woah this case is crazy, glad i get to see you cover it!!!

Great analysis of a tragic situation. Thank you.

Ferriter sure seems like a sociopath. Those audio recordings of him are 100% about dominating the child. Never one word of love. The plea deal refusal is standard “I will arrive on the stage and outdo them all.” They really do believe they are like gods. And thank god because that’s how most of them are ever punished.

I've watched all Dr Grande's videos and I've never been so fast before

Rejecting that plea deal was beautiful. It just proves that you can't escape stupidity.

Excellent video and thank you.👍🙏

That's a craaaaaaaaazy story. I wonder if Timothy and Tracy didn't realise their stupid idea was actually a crime.

Did atom and his wife seek help from professionals? Even professionals don’t always come up with the perfect solution but Tim chose a totally unacceptable method. I am glad the contractor contacted the police and this situation came to light.

Thank you, as always, Dr. Grande. A troubling case, indeed; I am surprised that Ferriter passed whatever screening they do for potential adoptive parents. Looking forward to another video tomorrow (though hopefully you will take a day off at some point, for your own sake).

Wow another great video. 👏 I don’t always agree on everything you say, but you’re always insightful and informative. Between you and the guys at @The Behavior Panel, I’m a lot better armed for all the weirdos out there and even the day to day interactions I encounter. Thank you 🙏

Check out the chiropractor in Bonners Ferry, Idaho who shot the other chiro in town thru the window of his office. A murder in such a small North Idaho town

Thanks Dr.Grande l'm glad the boy doesn't have to be there in that horrible place...l hope he pulls his self up and puts this behind him with help of course...Tim is mentally dominant and sadistic l wonder what his own father did to him...??

Great job explaining this sad case. Love the analogy of home cell and one provided by state.

I hope the young man found a loving supportive home and is doing well.

Even the most out of control child is still a CHILD deserving of help, support and (sometimes tough) love. This is heartbreaking.

I raised a RAD kid. It was a nightmare. But I sought help until I found the right counselors and mine turned out great. I know my story is not the norm but this father and mother could have made better decisions. ETA raising a RAD child is nothing like raising your own children. They lie like crazy, can be violent, seem to have little conscience.

Tim requested to be placed on house arrest until sentencing, he was deemed a flight risk and his request was denied. A week in jail seems to have had a profound physical affect on the man. He was trembling and looked frightened. Seems he can dish it but not take it.

Always interesting Thank you

I think this man belongs in a box like this in the yard of the prison. My heart breaks for this child. 💔 😢

I hate people who adopt to just virtue signal. Oh look at me I'm a great person! But once they realize some adopted children have issues the just check out, it's disgusting. If you can't handle it get help, it's out there.

Thank you for covering this

Thank you for covering. This happened in my hometown, Jupiter. It’s extremely upsetting.

Yes king go off

My son had emotional and behavioral difficulties. When he became a teenager, he became even more out of control. I asked for help from the state and a judge ultimately ordered my son to a residential school for emotionally disturbed boys. At that school he was often dragged by staff into a "Quiet Room". The room was windowless and locked. How is that state-approved treatment different from what Tim Ferriter did?

Well done video.

Damn. They built a special room. Cant just chain the kid to a post in the backyard like a normal psycho i guess.

One has to wonder why their friends thought this was ok. I wouldn’t have hesitated to go to the police if I knew of someone doing this to a child OR adult!

When my son was in the third and fourth grade he was in a self-contained class and they built a four-by-four room inside the classroom with a lock on the outside to put the kids when they needed a timeout. My son had Asperger's so he was in there a lot, sometimes a few hours at a time and sometimes the whole day. Honestly I think that room caused him more trauma than anything else. I don't know where I'm going with this but I really hated that room.

Nice commentary…thank U.

He acted out because he was treated different than the other kids in the home, he was looking for love and attention and these two so called parents should not have adopted a child. He was treated like a criminal in his own house

Very keen eye by the contractor. I feel like building a safe room isn't too weird. But rushing it in 2 days definitely raises redflags. The contractor clearly saw something weird.

He imprisons his child and is beyond abusive and now HE will be imprisoned and abused. Good riddance .Give him the full 40 years in prison.

I can understand some room detaining if there were feelings other children or family members were in danger. However, this could be done in a nice room with air ventilation, enrichment, nice furnishings, etc. In between, trying to build a relationship & trust. Love & kindness is a great tool for raising a problem child.

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