I think this is very drastic action. Wouldn't it be better to refer her to a dietician/nutritionist, and to assign her a social worker who's responsibility it is to help her and provide support in order to help her son to lose weight. She is obviously just finding it difficult to refuse her son the foods he wants to eat. Instead of punishing her, they should help her. Only as a last resort where she is clearly not co-operating or has no intention in helping her son to lose weight should it be considered that he is taken away!
2007-02-26 00:58:07 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Parenting
I watched the programme on TV about him last night his nan says he steals crisps and chocolate when they are not looking so its not there fault...................DONT BUY IT. Every time your saw him he was eating junk. Why not buy healthy food and not snacks if he is hungry he will eat it. His mother must be completely CLUELESS. She is the one that should be taken away she looked like a slob and every time you saw her she had a *** in her gob. Not a good role model at all.
2007-02-27 04:09:06 · answer #1 · answered by sm80 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it will be dangerous for the boy to go into care, I'll probably make the situation worse.
The news said that since Christmas he has been on a diet and has been exercising and has managed to lose 1st 7lbs so something has at least been started and seems to be working so why now say right we're taking you away into care, I think that might make him loose the will to want to lose weight and to continue with the eating and exercise plan.
It would probably benefit him more for him to stay where he is and see a dietitian. I do agree though that if the mother has no intention of working with her son to lose the weight then for his own sake he should be taken away.
If the mother has cried out for help like she says and has had nothing offered to her then I think this should be investigated.
2007-02-26 01:14:38 · answer #2 · answered by Bugs 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, this would be drastic action and is not the right answer. Even though the mother is responsible for the shape her son is in, she probably loves him and he loves her. She is probably jsut ignorant on what a good diet is and how to control her sons calorie intake. Far better to provide education and support than force a child away from the home setting. This could make him binge eat even more out of sadness.
2007-02-26 01:08:02 · answer #3 · answered by FC 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
From the little I have seen on the news, the family has taken action and with support the lad has began to lose weight. I feel that supporting the family would be the best move. To put this young lad into care and remove him from his family will serve little purpose. Having worked for twenty years in the care system - it is not the correct enviroment for this child. By removing him and treating the weight you are not addressing the underlying reasons for the weight gain and when he returns home I suspect the problem will re emerge. Better to treat the family holistically and help them all to understand and deal with this behavour with support. They do not need to go through the added trauma of being seperated.
2007-02-26 01:13:33 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
This should only be used as a last resort, I think that the mother should be given a timescale in which to change her sons feeding habits and if she fails to do this then yes, he should be taken into care. Is she that stupid that she cant see the damage she is doing to her son's health by giving him the foods he wants. At the end of the day she is the parent and if she doesn't offer him junk food then he cannot eat it. Yes he may moan about it but in the long run she is saving his life!
2007-02-26 01:18:22 · answer #5 · answered by cobymox 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes I do agree that the mother should be assigned a social worker, and the social worker should refer him to an dietician/nutritionist.
Why should she and her son be punished because he is Obese.
If she is not prepared to accept the help on behalf of her son should social services get involved and put her son into care.
2007-02-26 01:07:06 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
the mother in question has let things get out of control, and needs schooling, i do not think that the child should be taken into care though as with the right classes etc the parents will be able to get a hold on the situation again, i did not watch the documentary involved with this child as i wouldve found it disturbing, i am wondering though if maybe he has an underlying genetic condition causing his overeating , apparently prader-willi syndrome often goes undiagnosed, and that can cause morbid obesity, i think that maybe the doctors and health visitors involved in this child should be questioned for not having tried to help before things got out of hand, also for not suggesting genetic testing for pws, i live in a very rural area, often unable to get to see the doc unless its serious, but even here our kids are regularly weighed and measured, if they had done the same in the above case the boys parents could have had help from a dietician earlier as it is now they have let it get out of hand and expect to place him into care where he will be disorientated and without his family, (at the cost of the taxpayer, instead of the health service) many peoples opinion is the parents are abusing him and to punish them take him away, but think of that little boy, he is with his family now, when he goes into care he will be penalised and picked on his whole life will turn upside down and he will have no one to turn to, i agree it is abuse, but abuse that has been allowed to happen via medical negligence, get these parents on a program help them help their kid they will feel better for it and he will be happier
2007-02-26 01:40:44 · answer #7 · answered by 0000 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think this is " A LAST RESORT" apparently she was asked to put her son on a diet a long time ago and failed to comply. If it saves the boys life then he would be better off in care for a while. I do not think they intend to keep him care long term.
I was a fat child, I lost 4 stone in four month on a correct diet and exercise.
If the boy went into care for a couple of months it could start him on the right track and his mother could get guidance at the same time.!!!
2007-02-26 01:09:23 · answer #8 · answered by Dolly Blue 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It would be drastic action indeed but the report also said that by the time he was 4 years old he weighed 9 stones, now either that is exceptionally bad parenting or the kid actually has some sort of disorder that makes him want to eat all the time, either way he needs professional help, but she needs to be the one to help him in the first instance
2007-02-26 01:05:07 · answer #9 · answered by badasingood77 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well firstly im shocked to see he is 8yrs old!
I also see he has lost weight since christmas, perhaps the "taking him into care" should remain in force as a backup plan if he doesn't keep to his weightloss!
It's a dreadful thing for a parent to let a child get that obese!
And perhaps it is child abuse!
But I don't really think he should be taken away from his parents, they should just be very scared and work to help this poor lad!
2007-02-26 01:08:44 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes i think it may be a very good thing for this child to be taken in to care. obviously this has been an on going issue and it is only when it getting to the point of being dangerous to his health does the mother seem to care she should have controlled his eating habits and taught him better from day one if this had not being noticed by medical professionals when would it have stopped - when he died ?
2007-02-26 01:04:48 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋