Sister Of Abused Girl Says Parents Called Her ‘That Girl,’ ‘It,’ Or ‘The Problem.’ ‘They Never …

Lauren’s oldest sibling, Blake, describes what it was like growing up with her little sister being kept in a closet - away from the rest of the family.
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[@dark_matter2377]

Hearing your sibling getting tortured is abuse in its self

[@legalfictionnaturalfact3969]

I am so relieved to see that people think this. I went through very similar and i am quiet about it kostly because i think people must blame me. I was the oldest and so i must have been complicit, an abuser like them. Wicked stepsister. But i was on my siblings' side and was punished for it.

[@simqlyevelyn5132]

are we not gonna talk about how the parents are called Ken and Barbie?

[@adrianferrer9688]

word😂

[@lindaguido7149]

lol

[@Notcactus4999]

looks like they dont have the perfect lives

[@nitcoremonster9161]

Life after the dream house

[@jhonrichardson5034]

How to instantly make people fear dolls: These people

[@ravenstein-miller6538]

Every child deserves their parents, but not every parent deserves a child. What they did to this poor, innocent child is beyond me. They should be behind bars.

[@illuminickiblanco]

🎯🎯🎯

[@aestheticstreet3495]

I agree

[@marvinthemaniac7698]

They are behind bars

[@rosepeddleva9021]

Yes. Period.

[@itachitmk936]

They are lmao, there were a few split clips showing them getting arrested and their pictures.

[@OliviaBrookeee]

This is so disappointing. You know damn well there were people around them and they didn’t think that the stinky children, lice, greasy hair was a sign of abuse? I’m in college to become a teacher and that is something that YOU TALK ABOUT! Never just assume...

[@deborahgilbert-rogers5178]

In another video, the sister explains that they were not in school and they were isolated from their other family members. She described her own experiences with the abuse and indicated that she felt scared and that she had no one.

[@caroljoywolf]

Some people work very hard not to acknowledge when they see a child being abused. They walk away, they disassociate, they pretend it's not happening. But it happens. It happens a lot.

[@OliviaBrookeee]

@@caroljoywolf breaks my heart!! I’d testify in a second

[@OliviaBrookeee]

@@deborahgilbert-rogers5178 awful!!

[@Ocean-zj2jf]

You are right" 😢👍

[@rosenbaum75]

The reason Lauren was finally rescued from her torture chamber was because Ken went and told the neighbors about Barbie's "little secret." He did this not because of some newfound sense of guilt but to spite Barbie for cheating with other men. .

[@TradBarbie]

Oooooh I didn't know that!!

[@faefae2260]

@@TradBarbie yep. She was online talking to other men a lot

[@donnaupton9360]

They really took a page from the book “A Child Called It”. I’ve never understood how someone can look at a child and be able to even treat them like that 😭💔

[@ashleymoon2969]

I've read that book to, its horrific.

[@wednesdayllym3766]

that book is unbelievable. I don't see how someone can do something so cruel to a child:/

[@therip660]

I don't understand why they took her back from her adoptive parents just to torture her. It's like they planned it and then went to collect her. Sick people in this world, sickening.

[@jaynestag95]

That's what the planned as they wanted to abuse her.

[@pereiramwgd]

. This is one of the saddest and most revolting cases I've ever seen. Even though Lauren has been accused of abuse, I will always have compassion for her. That tightness in the heart and a desire to torture those monsters.

[@adamjustadam]

Lauren’s adoptive mother said that she and her late husband had to return her to Barbara due to an error on the adoption papers

[@sarahkirch]

I feel so bad for those kids especially Lauren of course, no living creature should ever have to deal with that.

[@vc7442]

I read that she was charged with sexual assault of a minor so sad for Lauren that unfortunately the cycle of abuse continued

[@thefutureishereandnow]

Don't be, Blake strohl killed my sister

[@shirleyramirez4441]

@@thefutureishereandnow ??

[@thefutureishereandnow]

@@shirleyramirez4441 her and my sister were in a car together back in 2011 and my sister was driving , and Blake was n the passenger seat, see he grabbed the wheel while my sister was driving trying to kill herself and ended up instead killing my little sister

[@ebony07]

@@thefutureishereandnow liar

[@gingersnap5816]

Talking about her in front of her that's messed up.

[@krisinalana1193]

This is why we should educate children on what abuse is, the same way we teach them “if someone touches you…”

[@joannelawrence2126]

I can’t have children, this makes me sick to the bottom of my stomach. I WISH I could have cared for this lovely child

[@jillianleda6732]

Omg Jesus Christ what horrible evil people!!! That poor angel!

[@catch2322]

The look on Laurens face , to relive this while Dr phil and sister talk about her like shes not there. .

[@deneyacarter6779]

😭😭😭😭😢😢😢

[@user-ul3zg4ek8z]

Lauren dosen look happy about it xx I can feel your pain 🥺🥹 She seems shy quite like me 😔 She seems sweet & lovely xx Poor sweet girl xx

[@NokiGirl83]

I’m sorry…Barbie & Ken? Mattel should sue them!

[@Ocean-zj2jf]

I have never in my lifetime seen or heard of such a disgusting form of abuse towards a child" 😢 this one will stick with me forever" even jail is to good a place for these, so called parents"

[@YG-rr6zv]

I REALLY hope that the parents gets a taste of their own medicine in prison because everybody finds out eventually..

[@kelleyjohnson5157]

That poor girl will be traumatized for the rest of her life some people shouldn't have children

[@sadpenguin2951]

Poor Lauren. May her beautiful soul find happiness forever.

[@Hannah-po6bh]

YOU WOULDNT EVEN TREAT AN ANIMAL LIKE THAT!!!!

[@that1pretty.potprincess779]

i wish they never took her away from her foster family in the first place :( another big fail from on CPC

[@pamelamorris3148]

Her adoptive family caused as much harm mentally to her and never allowed her to live as a child.

[@Bonte_214]

She fed the baby dog food!because there was nothing else.They should be under the jail.

[@j4m32hz6]

editing by dr phils team is 👌

[@lindsaythomson3687]

sad 😔 I pray she's come to understand it was not her fault that she was treated that way 🙏

[@britney901]

30 seconds in and I'm calling it. I can't watch it anymore. Too sad.

[@the-finn]

Ken and Barbie? These 2 are sick, especially the mother.

[@clare1971]

What could the poor sister do? She was nothing but a child too

[@mylifeandmyhobby4465]

Call the police

[@guacamolehole9634]

Give the parents the needle.

[@sassillama9873]

No person or animal deserves torture with the exception of people like Ken and Barbie😡

[@annalubenow1233]

Ken and Barbie how ironic

[@beccabowers4997]

That's awful...U have a 5 year old daughter and I could never imagine doing something like this or any harm to her...I would die to protect my beautiful child... I'm so sorry this happened to her... This kind of stuff goes on all the time but most aren't rescued from their abuser's...I think that it's time for CPS to make a change in their policies cause a lot of children are over looked, fall through the cracks and cases closed for the children that need it most and they never make it out of the living torment they have been objected to all their short life and as for Lauren's mother she is the perfect example of a piece of crap....I have faith that one day the world will and can be a better place... LET'S MAKE A CHANGE 😢😢

[@stellasomad3501]

These children are all affected by this form of torture. Praise the Lord she was found in time.

[@bobbergirl111]

I had a step sister like that. Co abuse but claim victim. Grooming for separate purposes. She's cashing in.

[@jaynestag95]

Why did they hate her so much?

[@ashleym5696]

They’re evil

[@rosannaburt3048]

this is the worse ever omg

[@zeyadsabti5484]

I'm very very sorry

[@hizgrase]

Why did they just pick this one girl to pick on why did they abuse her the way they did I thought maybe it was because she was a stepchild but obviously the ages they were all his stepchildren

[@jaynestag95]

Because they wanted to do what they desired. She was nothing to them.

[@nooraqueen2716]

Yes it made no sense

[@courtneygooden9609]

We all have to hold our own account

[@nikereebokpuma3406]

Blake is a Queen ❤

[@DrAnderson1]

Yeah….they didn’t treat her like an animal. We treat our animals *MUCH* better than they treated Lauren. That poor child had to undergo several surgeries to repair the extensive damage done to her genitals due to both of her parents sexually assaulting her & the regular rape she endured at the hands of men who paid her parents for the privilege. If someone was treating their dog the way Lauren was treated, they’d be arrested immediately because someone would call the cops without a second thought. But this kid spent years in that closet. The first cops to arrive on the scene wrote in their notes that the urine inside that closet soaked through their shoes when they stood on it. That’s where Lauren slept. After she was rescued she didn’t know how to use a toilet & had to be taught. Animals are loved

[@bayleenicole2096]

They all let her down 😡 to the point they got in on the abuse calling her THAT GIRL

[@glowblank17]

@Baylee Nicole, *Damn, you sure are a lil’ CUTIE 😍! May I PLEASE make direct payments towards your college tuition/student loans (Soon-To-Be Dr.) 😩?*

[@Laura-fh3sc]

@@glowblank17 wtf 😂

[@jessikajimenez75]

They were kids who were manipulated

[@bayleenicole2096]

@@jessikajimenez75 you know right from wrong still at the end of the day

[@cayleemc]

i looked lauren up now and i guess shes in jail so SA someone else:,(

[@kimber45ish]

In no way was Blake responsible for saving Lauren. I hope both , all the siblings are okay. The parents are the villains here.

[@candicesmith6274]

Anyone know what season amd episode.this was ? I would like to watch the whole show

[@thecheezycupcake7899]

They wrote a book about this story it’s called “the child called IT”

[@christiandukes3204]

Thats another kid. A little boy

[@TiaHauserNYC]

Barbie and Ken: life in a Nightmare house XD or life in a Crack house

[@stephanim2436]

The sister says her parents never bonded with Lauren. I'm sorry... WHAT?? So you're saying that that's how she would treat a child just because it wasn't her child?

[@eviken1982]

Some people are not fit as mothers

[@Mx.zz05]

I guess “Life in plastic is fantastic” turned out to not be fantastic huh ?

[@ShiningAndStarstruck]

Mr. Rogers would be very disappointed in the parents

[@marvinthemaniac7698]

Disappointed? He would let loose his inner demons on them!

[@ShiningAndStarstruck]

@@marvinthemaniac7698 not mr. Rogers. He would most likely sit the parents down and calmly lecture them, not raising his voice, but using it in a way that makes you regret every bad thing you did. Mr. Rogers is not one to lose his temper.

[@marvinthemaniac7698]

@@ShiningAndStarstruck you're right, he doesn't scream, but even if he did it would be more for shock value, not because he's mad at someone.

[@ShiningAndStarstruck]

@@marvinthemaniac7698 Mr. Rogers wasn't ever going for shock value, though. no need for it.

[@marvinthemaniac7698]

@@ShiningAndStarstruck I believe you

[@Marzyart]

"I wish that is was me" I was about to believe her untill she said this... no sis dont lie, you are not a victim

[@audrey.d]

She IS a victim also. She was also abused and mistreated. You cannot weigh their suffering against each other. The parents are the only ones to blame.

[@GryffindorGurl]

@@audrey.d Agreed!!

[@angelsin2530]

Dude seeing your sibling tortured like that is abuse

[@dungeonslayer8122]

@@angelsin2530 they were little children and toddlers when this was happening. They didn't know what abuse was and what was going on

[@christinemerritt974]

She was a victim too. Those two evil people were her parents as well.

[@lexiemaep7930]

I would hope that I still would have given her food even if it meant I would be punished. I am disappointed in all her siblings for not helping her more. It's disgusting. And I had a childhood like the older sibling and if I knew of a sibling in the closet I would have been sneaking her food all the time. I would have taken the beatings

[@rosenbaum75]

They were kids taught to believe Lauren was bad and belonged in that closet for whatever reason. They were afraid if they helped Lauren the same thing would happen to them. They can't be held responsible. They were abused, too.

[@arsenicandlace7142]

No you wouldn’t

[@jj4754]

You don’t know what you’d really do in that situation. Growing up believing that is right and being a young child while sexual abuse was going on can be scary…

[@krazyk3842]

Now Lauren hurt a 14yr

[@sugar-free-2centz]

That woman has some nerve going on tv and admitting her role in this. If I was Lauren I would not be able to so much as be in the same building as her. How can she sit there and pretend like what she failed to do wasn't extremely fu*ked up, heartless, cruel, sick and abusive? She wasn't some clueless 4 year old when this was happening. She was 9!

[@samantha_more]

She was a child.

[@graybird2054]

There are younger children as young as 3 that saved their family members by calling 911 or running away to speak to the police.

[@brendaallen5842]

​@@graybird2054Obviously you don't know what fear can do to a person, especially a child. A 9 year doesn't have the same reasoning capabilities as an adultin

[@littlespyro6513]

Sorry but if my parents beat me I know they are bad people and I don't trust them. And I am certainly not brainwashed into letting someone starve in a closet, no matter how bad they say Lauren was. You KNOW, even when you are 4, 5 or 6 years old, that it is not okay to let someone starve, beat them or let them cry for days. How could she not help her own sister???? I just can't wrap my head around it.

[@leylakhan2213]

That’s not how abuse works? It’s a lot more complex than that and the psychological damage it’s causes especially in children is detrimental to their brains and early development. That’s like asking an abuse victim why they wouldn’t just “leave.” The only reason you would know at 4,5, or 6 the difference between right or wrong is if you were raised as such. These kids weren’t raised, they survived.

[@dywfam]

I was physically, verbally, and mentally abused by my mom and let me tell you I DID NOT REALIZE it was all an abuse and that it was wrong or not supposed to happened until i was around 17 years old. At that time I was age 4, 5, and 6 all I knew was to survive and I should listen to whatever my mom said (the abuser) didn't matter if it was good or bad because I didn't want to die in her hands. Everyone has different circumtances but based on my experience being abused since early age more over getting locked up from outside world too (though not as awful as lauren) it felt as if I was forced to believe that in this world there were only me and my mom (the victim and the abuser), so I didn't know better thus why I didn't realize it was all wrong in the beginning. Lauren and her siblings were brainwashed that everything was "right" or "reasonable" to happen too like I did, they didn't know what else to do while not knowing better because they were all still just a child (take this with a grain of salt, psychological damage is very very complex for each person and i'm only picking one general out of many possible effects). Thus why things you'd expect to be obvious and easy like running away, break free, leave, or even differenciate between good or bad were hard to do as a victim. I hope this can help you wrap your head around it at least a little better

[@A.F.U-A]

It’s not black and white

[@lissa274]

Dr.Phil is truly a gift of life. He truly is a blessing.

[@missionron]

I wonder ifnshe gave her the food to keep her quiet so she coukd watch tv or something,,? I kniwnshe was a kid too but its hard to see her as an unwilling supporter.

[@kimber45ish]

You people focusing on Ken and Barbie are just as sick ..wtf is wrong with you?!

[@italialove70]

I feel like the older sister is looking for pity.

[@marthacrawford6812]

she was abused aswell, they were all victims, she’s telling her story not looking for pity.

[@katie2275]

It was obviously a horrible situation to deal with. She also had to deal with their neglect and abuse and wasn’t informed enough to know what to do

[@Marzyart]

@@marthacrawford6812 she still had freedom

[@skyelarmurray467]

Survivors guilt. A literal child doesn’t know how to stop it. The parents are the evil ones, not the children.

[@mslazas8355]

Have some decency

[@that1pretty.potprincess779]

i wish they never took her away from her foster family in the first place :( another big fail from on CPC