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originally posted by: OpinionatedB
I just cannot figure out exactly what type of scenario would having an overweight child be the fault of the parent.
originally posted by: OpinionatedB
a reply to: stumason
my son ate anywhere from 5 - 7 THOUSAND calories a day and was not even a little overweight. He was a healthy muscular young man.
My husband eats around 4-5 THOUSAND calories a day just to maintain thin as a rail.
I am not active because of my back and legs and still eat between 2-3 thousand calories a day and am considered only mildly overweight. When I was active and young and healthy I ate between 4-5 thousand calories a day and was still slightly underweight my entire life.
Yeah... I'm going with genetics here... not everyone is the same.
originally posted by: TiredofControlFreaks
a reply to: TiredofControlFreaks
So just to re-cap the discussion with facts:
1. A kid is 11 years old and weighs 210 lbs
2. The kid and his parents are known to social services and the medical community.
3. The parents have been working with doctors to help the kid
4. Following some time period of several months, the doctors decide the parents aren't doing enough to help the kid (or not cooperating sufficiently with doctor's advice) and the police are alerted.
5. The police question the parents under caution
6. The police arrest and charge the parents with child neglect and then release the parents on bail
7. The child is left in the care of the supposedly abusive parents.
Does something smell fishy in Denmark to anyone?
Were the parents actually abusive or were the parents simply not sufficently obedient to the doctors.
If the parents are abusive, its against the law to leave the kid with the parents. If the parents are not abusive, why were they arrested and charged?
Tired of Control Freaks
originally posted by: TiredofControlFreaks
a reply to: grainofsand
Yeah - well my dog's uncle's best friend told me if my aunt had balls, she would be my uncle!!!!
Tired of Control Freakjs
I get what people are saying, he's unhealthy, so yes, it's "child abuse". -
originally posted by: Bisman
as a US citizen i can only think of the entitlements that kid is going (if he was from the US) to need that i would be paying for throughout his life.
that kind of lifestyle his parents are forcing him into feels like an attack on ME and my means. the responsible people must suffer the burden.
is it ok to take legal action on those who burden the rest of us with their bad decisions?
i say yes.