The Maury show today had mothers with babies who were away too fat for their age.. some 3 year olds at 150 lbs.. Some of the mothers ranted that they would keep feeding their 'babies' what ever they wanted.. my question is: Doesn;t this classify as being a danger to the welfare of the child, and shouldn't Child Protection Services step in ???
2006-09-04 12:00:18 · 9 answers · asked by Dale D 2 in Health ➔ Other - Health
Yes. They should take those kids away from those irresponsible mothers. They are dumb. Don't they know you show love by giving affection and fondness not by stuffing a hamburger into a babies mouth so he'll shut up. Learn how to raise your kids, America.
2006-09-04 12:03:15 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The mothers need counseling. They're not being good mothers if they keep stuffing whatever their kids want into their mouths. Those kids are already obese and will certainly have an aweful life if their un-disciplining mothers continue what they're doing. Yes, I believe that what they're doing is a form of child abuse. Those poor kids are going to grow up without a good childhood!
2006-09-04 19:04:54 · answer #2 · answered by paper_boy21 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes they do...I live in Michigan and a lady actually had her child taken away from her because she was over feeding him. I believe she was allowed visitation and on like her 3rd or 4th supervised visitation she brought the child McDonalds (and I guess a lot of it) so they completly took him away from her. I've looked around on the internet for it but cannot find any info on it. I think it was probably 4-5 years ago and I cannot remember the kid's name.
2006-09-04 19:06:34 · answer #3 · answered by SadToday22 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Somehow I think they shouldn't. It's not like the moms really mean to over-feed their children. You know how mothers don't really want to be hated by their own children? Kids are like that nowadays. Like toddlers, when they don't get what they want they rant on saying stuff like, "I hate you, mommy!" Maybe the moms are vulnerable and it's not like they meant to do that, you know? They just need mental and physical help. When they get the health, they'll better themselves.
2006-09-04 19:09:57 · answer #4 · answered by Jennifer N 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Aussie child services told me my 2 yo was too fat, and he was only 1/4 the size of them!
Monitored eating, and plenty of exercise, he lost weight. Kids love to run around, so take them to the park, and everywhere they're happy to be, and watch the weight fall off with their excitement at being able to have fun.
The mum's were probably fat too, hey!!! lol Too lazy to let their kids in the backyard, let alone walk them to the park to play!
2006-09-04 19:04:59 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends on the situation, the mothers don't necessarily do it on purpose, but they definitely should get help/advices on how to handle the situation, because their children are going to suffer from it sooner or later if nothing is being done (not just from judgemental people but serious health problems as well).
2006-09-04 19:09:35 · answer #6 · answered by justastranger 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah, you would think that it would be child endangerment, but I guess some people don't see it like that. I don't understand how these parents let their kids run them, it only takes the parent to say no to eating and make them eat good food - there is no excuse for a parent to let a child eat whatever they want, whenever they want.
2006-09-04 19:06:10 · answer #7 · answered by Rawrrrr 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes because the children are in danger of early death and health problems it is being cruel and not caring . abuse ..
2006-09-04 19:13:29 · answer #8 · answered by StarShine G 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i saw that one and no i dont think thats harming the kid well it is when they get older they get teased if they make it but at least they are getting feed
2006-09-04 19:05:20 · answer #9 · answered by what triggers a head ache 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋