Seven adult children who were freed from the California house of horrors 12 months ago are not bitter about the years of abuse allegedly inflicted on them by their parents.

An attorney representing seven of David and Louise Turpin's 13 children said in an interview on the Today show on Wednesday that his clients want people to know they are survivors.

'They're not bitter. They really take every day as it is, as a gift,' Jack Osborn said.

'They want people to know that they are survivors.'

Seven adult children who were freed from the California house of horrors 12 months ago are not bitter about the years of abuse allegedly inflicted on them by their parents David and Louise Turpin

The interview comes a year after authorities arrested the Turpins and freed the children - who ranged in age from 2 to 29 - from a squalid home in Perris, California.

Authorities said some siblings were shackled, starved and abused and they were rarely allowed to leave.

The children were released from the home after their 17-year-old sibling escaped and called 911.

Osborn said the young adults are adapting to a 'new normal' since last year and making decisions about what they will eat, where they will go and what they will study.

'They came from a situation that seemed normal to them. And now they're in a new normal,' Osborn said.

'So I think they may spend a long time processing the two.

The Turpins are accused of torturing all but the youngest of their 13 children. An attorney for the adult children say they are not looking forward to testifying against their parents

Jack Osborn, an attorney representing seven of the Turpin's 13 children, said in an interview on the Today show on Wednesday that his clients want people to know they are survivors

'For really the first time they're able to make their own decisions, and decide what they're going to eat. They decide where they're going to go, what they're going to study.'

He said the adult children are protective of their six minor siblings and there's a lot of 'nurturing' when they spend time together.

'One of the things that they're grateful for is they've got each other,' Osborn said.

The Turpins are accused of torturing all but the youngest of their children.

They have pleaded not guilty to torture and other charges and are each held on $12 million.

The attorney said the adult children, who have not spoken to their parents since their arrest, are not looking forward to the prospect of having to testify at their parents' trial.

The Turpins are due in court for a trial readiness conference on February 22.

The Turpin couple have pleaded not guilty to torture and other charges and are each held on $12 million. They are due in court for a trial readiness conference on February 22