[joe25]

Any information about the whereabouts or recent photos of children of family members? There is some information on You Tube about Manson's & Brunner's son? More specifically are any of the children willing to admit publicly who their parents are and life with them? Thank you.

[richko62]

I think we should leave the Manson Family children alone. They did not ask to be part of the family and hopefully were to young to remember much. What little they could recall would not be worth dragging them into the whole Manson mess that they have successfully escaped. If they wanted to come forward that would be their decision, but I don't think I'll be holding my breath for that.

[joe25]

richko62, on 18 March 2010 - 08:26 PM, said:

I think we should leave the Manson Family children alone. They did not ask to be part of the family and hopefully were to young to remember much. What little they could recall would not be worth dragging them into the whole Manson mess that they have successfully escaped. If they wanted to come forward that would be their decision, but I don't think I'll be holding my breath for that.

I agree that the children should be left alone. My concerns are if follow ups were done by social service agencies and mental health treatment provided if it was not affordable etc. From the contents of some of the comments made on this website there are those that believe some of their parents were antisocial and possibly psychopathic. These disorders (Robert Hare, etc) are hypothesized to have inheritable components. I would rather see prevention (if needed and hopefully was available), intervention, and pharmacological treatment (bipolar disorder and schizophrenia are believed to be biologically driven) than lock up, humiliation, and seclusion. I would wonder about those that are open about their lineage and adjustment issues, coping strategies, etc. On a different website for example, Clem (Steve Grogan) was allegedly outed. There are those that would have nothing better to do with their time than track, accuse, and capitalize. What if the individual is not him?