I can't quote for some reason (new thread maybe) but someone on the previous thread mentioned watching the ABC programme on the turpin children and thinking of the minghams and I also watched this and thought exactly the same. Obviously not to that extreme but the similarities were there - homeschooling, the kids not having any contact with anybody outside, the young girl who rescued her siblings had stunted vocabulary like isabelle,poor hygiene etc. Very sad to watch!
. On a lighter note, that turpin father should have been locked away years ago for crimes against hairstyles!