[Freedom2specul8]

Funny you should mention that...it was posted on a thread a long time ago. The theory was the parents were so abusive and she couldn't take the molestation anymore..OR SOMETHING like that.

[Kerensky]

OR SOMETHING like that.

With Brenda it was definitely a case of "do as I say, not as I do". If Brenda wanders away from Danielle in the store, what has that taught Danielle? I suspect Tom Sawyer-like adventures to be the norm with the van Dam children. Children emulate their parents in different ways.