The father is an attention seeking whore. I have no respect for a father who would use his children this way and put them in a situation where they have to lie for him. The wife is no prize either if she went along with her husband’s plan to exploit the children.
IF she went along with him? She was actively trying to lead the child into saying he had heard them calling him by nodding her head at him in the affirmative. The reason being that he was never in the attic and completely out of earshot. They needed everyone to believe he’d been in that attic.
This is child abuse. I’m not a fan of CPS, but something needs to be done. That child was vomiting the next day after letting the cat out of the bag. Can you imagine the browbeating he must have undergone to ensure he didn’t make another mistake? Browbeating a child to lie for his psychopath father.
Off with their heads!