[UCANSEE2]

““Does it bother anyone that the children don’t even know who their parents are?”

You are right. It was discussed a lot yesterday.

If I may add a new (maybe) aspect to it...

The children may know who their real parents are... but that may not be the ‘mother’ and ‘father’ they are living with.

[Joan Kerrey]

The children may know who their real parents are... but that may not be the ‘mother’ and ‘father’ they are living with. ++++++++++++++++++++++ And how many times have they moved? Did the real mother move with them when they were assigned to a new dad in a different complex? Did all the kids from complex A move to complex B or just some? Was the teenage son left behind to fend for himself with no family? Did the teenage girl get married off an still another complex C? It's going to be tough solving this puzzle with maybe 1/2 of the pieces missing or in various complexes throughout the country.

[Will88]

“The children may know who their real parents are... but that may not be the ‘mother’ and ‘father’ they are living with.”

There are several possibilities, and I know at times kids and mothers were moved from one location to another. I just think the notion several had last night that few if any of the kids knew who their parents were was just assuming the worst with no real basis for it.

And I do believe it makes perfect sense for the kids to be taught not to tell outsiders who their parents are. The polygamists must know they could be investigated at any time, and if enough kids told who their parents are, they would have provided evidence of the polygamous families.

And even though most everyone knows they are polygamists, evidence still has to be gathered to prove it. I think that’s why those kids played dumb, or gave confusing answers to the authorities in Texas, not because the didn’t know who their parents are.