“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.
The real problem is the deception on the part of the mothers.
“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.”
When the truth is kept from people, they usually suspect the worst.
The members of the FLDS (well, most of them anyway) are trying to hide the truth.
The LE and CPS are trying to find out the truth.
We will see who wins.