this is my friend, and it worries me, any advice?
2006-11-27 13:13:22 · 31 answers · asked by Kenny 2 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Parenting
No, that is child abuse.
2006-11-27 13:14:55 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 0⤋
Instead of not feeding him maybe they need to look at other factors as to why is he failing. Does he need extra help, is he a slow learner, are the teachers helping. Not feeding is illegal and unethical. I would call the abuse hotline and report it. If you don't want to do it give me the info and I'll do it.
My daughter has short term memory loss so it take a lot for her to learn and understand. She has more lessons and less play. So if I didn't feed her because of her grades she would be dead by now. These people need to be parents and not jerks.
2006-11-27 22:03:21 · answer #2 · answered by Staci R 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You should call the cops and let them handle it cuz not feeding a child is child abuse. Telling the parent anything will probaly cause problems and tell u that u r not thier parent and to mind ur own buisness.Call the cops or welfare pronto!!!
2006-11-28 07:51:52 · answer #3 · answered by cakedecorater51413 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
O my gosh!! that is so wrong! Instead u need to talk to the person that is doing that to the boy and tell them to ground him for a weekend, no computer,phone, etc, or threatend him to a private school (if he dont go to 1) My friends parents said that if his grades dont improve then there sending him to a all boys school and right away he went from straight F's to all B's. I was shocked! Hope i helped!
2006-11-27 21:56:21 · answer #4 · answered by Lizzie Girl 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's called neglect and yes, it is illegal. I hope this child gets taken away and placed with a loving family that will not punish the child like that. I could understand if desert were taken away, but not meals.
2006-11-27 21:17:50 · answer #5 · answered by sweetgurl13069 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Man I be getting the authorities involved in this one - that's no way to treat a dog let alone a person!
Get your mum's advice and maybe get your friend to come stay with you for a while.
That's BS if it's true and there's no way I'd expect anyone to put up with that, no matter how scared of their folks they are.
No one should fear their parents anyway.
Help them out as much as you can..
2006-11-27 21:16:31 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
not feeding your child for any reason is neglect and the parent is the one who needs to be punished!
2006-11-27 21:34:49 · answer #7 · answered by ♥LoisLane♥ 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
by law. no. by state welfare . yes. it is but there is .2. sides to this in my opion i dont think that a child needs to starve because of grades and it is very wrong to do a kid like that to many other ways of punishing a child . not starve . i think not in my opion?
2006-11-27 21:23:57 · answer #8 · answered by the_silverfoxx 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, it's not legal and it's considered child abuse.
Unless you're saying your friend does something like not let the child have dinner one night because of grades. That's not bad.
2006-11-27 21:21:42 · answer #9 · answered by LexiSan 6 · 3⤊ 2⤋
Only a sadistic ****** would do such a thing. I'd report them to social services immediately. You can do it anon. Give full details when you turn them in. Dates & details help expedite the process.
2006-11-27 21:24:45 · answer #10 · answered by oilfieldinsultant 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
it depends on how long food is withheld
if proper nutritional requirements are being met then maby not
if the child is not allowed to eat like snacks stuff thats ok
but if proper nurishment is not being met then it could possibly be illegal
2006-11-27 21:30:23 · answer #11 · answered by hardwood 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋