Where are they now?

Sorry to be callous, but who cares about these kids? They were the scions of middle-class Toronto families, and their lives would probably be quite normal anyway. My main sympathies lie with the kids of the other documentary, Warrendale-they probably had very hard lives ahead of them, and I'll bet that many of them ended up homeless and on the street in later years or living on assistance (and even that I don't really want to see a follow up to) but not before being further *beep* with by the system in the segregated special education system prevalent in Ontario in the 60's and 70's (which I was a victim of.) I hope, and can hope, that they turned out all right, but the pessimist in me says no.

Well, with all due respect, I cared about what happened to the kids in both "Warrendale" and "Come on Children". I think that is a testament to Allen King's unobtrusive but observant and sympathetic presence in constructing these compelling films. This particular film was not as strong as "Warrendale", which looked at Terry, Irene, Carol and other emotionally disturbed children at the title facility. Still, I thought it gave an honest and thoughtful look at the way the average teenager would handle a world with no supervision and comparative freedom. There was a lot of drug use in the film, typical for the time, and I couldn't help but wonder if any cast members had problems later on due to this. Alex, of course, became famous and successful as a member of Rush, but I was most struck by John in the film, who was very charismatic. It struck me as a worthy entry also in that subgenre of film which could be called "the death of the sixties"- so much has changed since then in terms of values and attitudes.

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I thought that John Hamilton had a lot of talent and potential,i am not sure how old we was but he seemed pretty emotionally in touch,i was pretty caught off guard when he explained his 'quitting herion' talk just after he prepared a needle/shot for his house mate...he seemed really young to have had a habbit...and he really seemed to have love for his sisters...he could hold a tune as well...anyway,i couldn't find any info about him so far...why would someone respond with such rudeness?you asked a simple question & the person basically attacks you because he/she wants to talk about a completely different film...why did they even take the time to respond?and if they could care less about the 'children' then why are they on a message board/web page for them?seems odd...if you found anything out,i would be interested...if I do I will post it here...