Good Christians doing right by their kids

Imprisoned and starved their 13 children.

Their parents, James and Betty Turpin, told ABC News that while they haven’t seen their son, daughter-in-law, and grandchildren in about five years, they were “surprised and shocked” by the allegations. They added that “God called on” David and Louise to have so many children and that the children received “very strict homeschooling.” This reportedly included trying to memorize the entire Bible.

https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/know-case-13-siblings-held-161850860.html

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No childhood obesity in that family!

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Who has time to eat when you’re on a deadline for memorizing the Bible?

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Death penalty.

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I think the father was/is a pathological control freak. JMO

Holy crap. It’s way worse than any normal person could actually imagine.

Mr Hestrin claimed all 13 of the children were hospitalised with “severe caloric malnutrition connected with muscle wasting.”

The oldest child, a 29-year-old woman, weighed just five stone (82lbs) when she was rescued by police.

Doctors said some of the children were suffering from cognitive neuropathy as a result of the abuse, meaning their mental age was much lower than their real age.

Mr Hestrin claimed the children were also subject to “frequent beatings and even strangulation” as punishment for washing.

“If the children were found to wash their hands above the wrist area they would be accused of playing in the water and would be locked up,” said the district attorney.

Mr and Mrs Turpin would buy food for themselves, but not for the children, Mr Hestrin said.

They would further torture their hungry family by leaving food out in their line of sight.

“The parents would buy food for themselves – pies, pumpkin pies, apple pies; leave it on the counter and not let the children eat it,” he said.

He added that the children were not allowed to play.

“They were not allowed toys, although there were many toys in the house in their original packaging, and never opened,” he said.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/david-turpin-charged-lewd-act-202351949.html

That makes me feel absolutely ill.

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I don’t understand how anyone gets that insane. Don’t you ever just think, “Maybe this is wrong?”

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Also, throw in a little schizophrenia.

Oh, and a lot of marijuana smoking.:grin:

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Where was DCFS ? Too Busy harassing the colored folks to notice this Unabomber-looking fool and his sister wife with their 13 kids that ain’t took a shower in a year nor went to school ever. SMH

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