Lived in Fort Worth, left the home in foreclosure, and it was a disaster.
Lived in Rio Vista, lived in home, then vacated that and lived in a doublewide. When they up and left, the home was full of stuff and a disaster.
In California, it continues.
This was a hoarding situation, and the children became part of what was being hoarded, IMO. Hoarders who collect animals keep them in absolute filth, and think that they are the only ones who can care for the animals. They can not see what they are doing. Hoarding is a mental illness, and I am willing to bet that one or both parents is a hoarder. IMO they thought they were protecting them from the world and willing to do anything to keep that happening.
Here are some links about how hoarding effects children:
http://www.psychiatrictimes.com/obsessive-compulsive-disorder/hidden-lives-children-hoarders "Even when the house is unfit, hoarders often view their children as safest under their care. Some hoarders will expose their children to abhorrent conditions rather than face public scrutiny and risk losing them. Children often realize if they talk about their family secrets, they could lose their parents and homes."
https://www.anxiety.org/hoarding-effects-in-children-families "Here's what we discovered in families with parents who hoard:
Lack of Awareness: Most parents who hoarded lacked awareness of the severity and consequences of their behaviors.
High Dysfunction: Family dysfunction was generally high in families of hoarders, marked with conflict and difficulties with emotional expression within the home.
Low Communication: Children often lived in an environment of low communication. This came with feelings of alienation and distrust.
Low Quality Relationships: There was a decreased quality of parent–children relationships, even as these children grew into adults.
Lack of Acknowledgement Drove Frustration: The more the parent failed to acknowledge the fault in their hoarding behaviors, the more frustration, resentment, and anger built between them and their children at home."
http://www.smh.com.au/national/how-...t-and-child-endangerment-20141030-11ekad.html "But Dr Christopher Mogan, of the Anxiety Clinic in Richmond and an expert in hoarding, said the condition affects up to 5 per cent of the population. Now recognised as a mental health condition in its own right, hoarding can be triggered by other mental health problems, trauma or change of circumstances.
Hoarders, Dr Mogan said, become secretive and withdrawn and shun outside help. "
