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The mother of the 10 children taken by state and local authorities posted an update to her Facebook page Thursday, responding to critics on several issues.
“Whether you agree with us or not you can imagine our heartbreak as we miss our children terribly,” Nicole Naugler wrote. “Please try to consider that. We designed our life to be with them as much as possible. It’s extremely difficult being without them.”
Sheriff deputies took the children last week, and the state version of CPS followed by placing the children in four foster homes in four different counties. The living conditions of the off-grid home apparently were the state’s primary concern, although the state did mention in its initial complaint that the kids were not in school – leading many to wonder if their homeschooling also was a target.
In her post, Naugler addressed:
Allegations that their home has only three walls. “The cabin has FOUR walls. It also has a metal roof as you can see from the aerial shots taken yesterday by a local news crew. The one wall that open is open for good weather. If we didn’t we would have frozen to death. Thankfully we had a wood stove and a cozy cabin.”
Allegations that the father, Joe, abused an estranged son, Alex, 15 years ago. Alex, 19, doesn’t live with the family and is the son of Joe and a woman from a previous relationship. He testified against Joe and Nicole in court. “Alex was taken at the age of 5 due to default of court,” Nicole wrote. “No charges were ever filed, and not once did anyone come to investigate the home to check on the other 2 children. If Alex’s allegations were true, someone (the courts or family who initiated this) along the way would have had us investigated for that. If what Alex said was true, why wouldn’t they make sure the other children were safe? Did they not have concern? Or was there nothing to investigate. Just something you should ponder.”
Allegations that the family steals water. “We don’t steal water. At least one person has come out and said we get it at her place free. We have others we barter with so we don’t exhaust any one source. But we don’t need to steal anything.”Her pet grooming salon. “The pet salon is funded by a private loan. My job is what secures our finances for our family. Yes the salon is nice. It’s not designed for me, it’s for the clients. I have a service based business.”
Her pet grooming salon. “The pet salon is funded by a private loan. My job is what secures our finances for our family. Yes the salon is nice. It’s not designed for me, it’s for the clients. I have a service based business.”The family’s goals for upgrading their home. “We didn’t have the funds to just do it all at once. We were building slowly as a family. We have been asked when we will upgrade the cabin. Once the donations have been received and my children are home, we will resume with our goals and build the new cabin with our children.”
The family’s goals for upgrading their home. “We didn’t have the funds to just do it all at once. We were building slowly as a family. We have been asked when we will upgrade the cabin. Once the donations have been received and my children are home, we will resume with our goals and build the new cabin with our children.”
She added, “I am focusing on the business right now. Without it I don’t have the means to support our family. This was the plan from the beginning.”
Naugler also said the “courts aren’t requiring any improvements be made with exception to us fencing the trash/recycling area.”
Visit her Facebook page here.
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