The young lad who is 14 st is being used as a political football.?

Question

He clearly loves his Mum and vice-versa. I just seems that the states' involvement in this matter will antagonise the situation. He and indeed his Mum just need medical advice from the NHS not interference from the archaic system that uses childrens homes or care centres. If this boy goes into care it will not be for his benefit, but for the pen oushers who should know better to mess with the love for Mother and Son.
THE WORLD HAS GONE MAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Answer 1

His mother doesn't love him enough to ensure his health by feeding him properly.

Answer 2

The labour government seem to be obsessed with child abuse, look at a kid the wrong way nowadays and you risk being done and placed on the sex offenders register, and this story just goes to show how ridiculously over sensitive the government and social services, so the boy is a little overweight, so are quite a lot of British and American kids, as long as his mother isn't kicking the s*it out of him every night, what's the problem? I think it would fit these do gooder social worker types better to keep their noses out of what doesn't concern them unless they have concrete evidence that some form of abuse is actually taking place, not threating a boy with a big mac and fries for his dinner! Social workers annoy me intensly with their busybody meddling, when are they going to get the message that its none of their god damned business until someone makes it their business? Ar5eholes!

Answer 3

I'm sorry to hear ppl compare starving a child with this situation...I agree that the mother is not feeding her child properly but to say she doesn't love him is really wrong...if anything she loves him (for lack of a better phrase) too much....she cant bring herself to tell him no and over indulges him...many ppl over indulge their children, are they going to take those children who receive too many toy's at Christmas next? where does it stop? focus should ALWAYS be on helping the family as a unit...not ripping it to shreds because it's faster and easier.How much Help will this child REALLY receive after entering foster care...now compare it to how much love this child will be taken from...just doesn't balance out. Parenting classes may be called for...But respect should be given to such a sacred thing as a family unit and everything in their power should be directed at healing and preserving that family unit.

Answer 4

It might be due to ignorance, but there is no denying the fact that the mother is not doing right by the child. Allowing an 8 year old to get so obese is tantamount to abuse. I would not like to see him taken away from his mum and home life, but i think that something needs to be done immediately, probably a daily visit from a health advisor or nurse. She needs some training on how to deal with his tantrums, and what constitutes a healthy diet.

It's typical of the media to latch on to such a story, but the intentions of the child protection services are correct and appropriate.

Answer 5

My heart really goes out to that poor child and his mother, its very easy for people to say she doesn't love or respect him by allowing him to eat what he wants, but kids with weight problems and in his case more of an addiction to food is very hard to control, the child needs medical help and not to be taken away from his mom, what is that going to achieve for goodness sake, he'll end up so low and depressed been taken away from his mom and his home that he will just want to eat even more, he will comfort eat to the end of his days if they do that to him poor kid, he needs to be seen by professional medical people who can get to the root cause of his addiction to food and help him to control it with the help of his mother and her love for him, I just want to give him a big hug and tell him it will all be alright soon, these pen pushers make me sick and need to look at the bigger picture and concentrate on the kids who are been physically abused instead of kids that are loved.

Answer 6

Her responsibility as a mother is to create a safe, healthy and happy environment for the boy to grow up in - she is not able to do this and his health has deteriorated so badly intervention is the only answer. If she is able to learn how to manage her son in the future and how to make that better home, she may deserve to raise children again, but for now, she is not able/willing to change, and therefore the situation must - for the boy's sake.

Answer 7

I totally agree.To threaten to put that child into care is cruel.He is being made an example of.His mum needs knowledge on how to break the habit of over feeding her child.I know she is killing her child but many parents use food as a show of love.

Answer 8

yes i saw the young lad this morning on TV using a trampoline and its was with a lot of effort/ he desperately needs to lose a lot of weight i understand his mother says he has lost 1i/2 stone and she has had no help from her doctor but i think he should have become involved but i don't agree at 8 years old to be taken away from his mother there must be other ways unless his mother is unable to enforce his strict diet which someone by now will have given her a copy

Answer 9

You're probably right, but, the state that the mother has allowed her child to become is tantamount to child abuse. If he was as skinny as a rake everyone would be up in arms, this is exactly the same.
She has endangered her sons life, not to mention the fact that he can hardly walk and therefore regularly doesn't bother to go to school.

Answer 10

Yes the world has gone mad, but lets put this in perspective it is child abuse he is not the adult his parents are.
I don't agree he should go into care but something has to be done.
The UK has one of the highest rates of heart disease and this is a major problem.
IT IS CHILD ABUSE!

Answer 11

It's a disgrace that he's being singled out like this. This will do more damage to him than going into care ever could!