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1\/17\/2012<\/strong>
\nArticle:
\nChildren of Hoarders: Silently Screaming No More<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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\nHoarding has become quite the topic of conversations in the past few years. Hoarders have been featured on shows like Oprah and various documentaries (like the fascinating “Life of Grime”) and now there are several television series devoted to the topic. The most popular are TLC’s “Hoarders: Buried Alive” and A&E’s “Hoarders”. These shows are immensely popular (I’m an admitted devotee), evidenced by “Likes” on Facebook and soaring ratings and chat room numbers.<\/em><\/p>\n

A common lament about compulsive hoarders (people who cannot throw anything away — even garbage — and live in deplorable and sometimes deadly conditions) are their children. Seen on camera as loving their parents but hating what they have become, they live in squalor. And when hoarders are asked about their childhoods, they will often say they grew up with hoarding parents.<\/em><\/p>\n

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12\/17\/2011
\nHoarding: A love story (between two COH)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n


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11\/11\/2011<\/strong>
\nArticle: <\/a>
\nThe Hidden Lives of COH<\/a><\/strong>
\nPsychiatric Times
\nCOMMENTARY
\nBy Suzanne A. Chabaud, PhD<\/p>\n

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5\/16\/2011<\/strong>
\nKids of hoarding parents want to break free of clutter, emotional chaos<\/strong><\/a>
\nBy Sara Israelsen-Hartley, Deseret News<\/p>\n

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\nThere’s nothing unusual about a mother or father who collects stamps, baseball cards or porcelain dolls. But when hobbyists become hoarders, their children often end up with life-long emotional effects.<\/em><\/p>\n

A recent New York Times article points out that even though the compulsive collecting, shopping and storing is much more well known now because of reality shows like, TLC’s”Hoarding: Buried Alive,” and A&E’s “Hoarders,” “scant attention has been paid to how hoarding affects families of the afflicted, especially their children. Most are…<\/em>
\nhttp:\/\/www.deseretnews.com\/article\/700135777\/Kids-of-hoarding-parents-want-to-break-free-of-clutter-emotional-chaos.html?pg=1<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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5\/11\/2011<\/strong>
\nChildren of Hoarders on Leaving the Cluttered Nest<\/a>
\nNew York Times<\/p>\n