Some reports have stated 2 baths a year.Looking at the photos, some are not taken a year apart.
The siblings look clean, hair washed, you can tell.
How does that correspond with one bath a year?
Some reports have stated 2 baths a year.Looking at the photos, some are not taken a year apart.
The siblings look clean, hair washed, you can tell.
How does that correspond with one bath a year?
Looking at the photos, some are not taken a year apart.
The siblings look clean, hair washed, you can tell.
How does that correspond with one bath a year?
Some reports have stated 2 baths a year.
Since these children had a plan to escape, they must have hated their lives.
Do abused children think their lives are normal?
I am womdering why they decided to run away. They must have figured out it was not normal
Their torturers were taking them out in public and for posed "family photos" and they had them bathe as to not call attention to the abuse with bad hygiene?
Those survivors were not outside of the home much at all in context . Their Perris neighbors had zero idea there were 13 children inside that house. Most expressed shock when they found out.
What you are looking at are staged photos for the benefit of FB and to keep up an appearance of false normalcy for their relatives and friends.
If you draw any conclusions from the photos, that would be the one.
Yes! And enjoying taking baths, putting on clean clothes and sleeping in comfortable, clean beds.
Getting whatever haircuts they like, choosing their own styles.
Getting educations.
I hope they will be able to forgive their parents. They have to, to be able to move on in their lives.
I know it will be almost impossible to do, but I think they have to.
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Another thing; what year did the Turpins move away from their children?
They clearly could not cope, why then HAVE all those children?!
I think that the occasional "happy family" group photos were for the purpose of showing LT and DT's respective families on Facebook that all was well in CA, lest there be any questions. It seems to have been a plan that worked, as no one from either family notified authorities about any suspicions.....or asked for a welfare check. Were the kids ever NAMED on FB? I bet that even the family members who saw the photos could not identify all of the Turpin kids by name or even by age. JMO
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Me too. It can be difficult to do, especially if it is family. However, there's a quote, in various wordings, that I try to remember;
'Refusing to forgive, is like drinking rat poison, but expecting the rat to die.'
It's not so much about the parents, as much as it's about freeing your own soul.
What I meant about rickets being reversible is if one of the survivors has been suffering with this for years and has not seen a doctor, that is especially tragic. I should have been clearer. Of course, it is also preventable.
I vividly remember being in 5th grade and seeing a mother speak sweetly to her daughter around my age and encouraging her when she did not do well in something. It clicked to me then, that the way my parents talked to use was very different. 2 years later, my friend's family was sitting at the table doing homework, her mom cleaning dishes and laughing, and it clicked completely. My life was not normal, the way I was raised was not right. The state of our house was gross. I didn't have to be mistreated and abused.
I was NOT isolated. I went to people's homes. I went to school everyday. I played sports and went to the park. It took me until I was 14 to fully understand my home and family was not normal.
I can't imagine the fortitude it took these kids to realize it and escape, with most of them being raised in isolation.
Allowing them to wash face and hair for pictures.Looking at the photos, some are not taken a year apart.
The siblings look clean, hair washed, you can tell.
How does that correspond with one bath a year?
And in any case, if you can count the number of baths per year on one hand, it's a problem.Some reports have stated 2 baths a year.
Homeopathy itself is the idea that like treats like and involves dilutions of substances.
Naturopathic medicine is what uses essential oils and other herb and nature based treatments.
Imo homeopathy is a joke, while naturopathy is more based on science but frequently made fun of and lumped together with homeopathy.
Wikipedia may disagree. So may you [emoji4] so... Your mileage may vary
When we found a house with this kind of filth, usually with an animal hoarding situation, we notified the health department. There are steps that can be taken. Further, if any adults in the home have any kind of disability, they can be turned in to department of children and family services or whatever organization in the area that deals with those sorts of things.An interesting hypothetical,
Suppose that David and Louise were living in the same house of filth, but had no children, and were discovered living as such. Could they have lost their home and be forced to move due to the conditions of the home? The horror involves the extreme abuse and torture of the kids. When elements are this bad, there need to be mandatory sterilization steps in place so that parents can't conceive. I understand that defendants have personal rights and are presumed innocent. But when children are abused like this, steps need to be taken to lose parental rights.
How long will a parental rights hearing take? And what would David and Louise's defense be in such a case? Just like the potential criminal trial, I can't think of a thing other than insanity for their defense. The chance of that working is slim to none.
Satch
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An interesting hypothetical,
Suppose that David and Louise were living in the same house of filth, but had no children, and were discovered living as such. Could they have lost their home and be forced to move due to the conditions of the home?
An interesting hypothetical,
Suppose that David and Louise were living in the same house of filth, but had no children, and were discovered living as such. Could they have lost their home and be forced to move due to the conditions of the home? The horror involves the extreme abuse and torture of the kids. When elements are this bad, there need to be mandatory sterilization steps in place so that parents can't conceive. I understand that defendants have personal rights and are presumed innocent. But when children are abused like this, steps need to be taken to lose parental rights.
How long will a parental rights hearing take? And what would David and Louise's defense be in such a case? Just like the potential criminal trial, I can't think of a thing other than insanity for their defense. The chance of that working is slim to none.
Satch
I want to know why Randy (David's brother) is interested in adopting the kids? HUGE NO NO and read flags for me! I don't like the idea that he advocates fasting as part of his religious experiences. Didn't he write a book? I hope Social Services told him that he can't be considered because of the abuse done to the kids. And his fasting beliefs alone should disqualify him from potential custody. I hate the idea of Social Services talking to him about adoption!
This family is too bizarre on both parents sides for ANY relatives to get custody. Do you think the caseworkers see this or not? The older children should even seek to have their last name changed. The same with the younger ones when they reach legal age. This is to remove any association or relationship to their parents. Regardless of what happens in the parents' cases. No Turpin relatives should get these kids! Nothing is gained from that at all.
Satch