usmarine2007
Banned
+374|6795|Columbus, Ohio
"Authorities are considering taking an 8-year-old boy who weighs 218 pounds into protective custody unless his mother improves his diet, officials said Monday."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070226/ap_ … ld_obesity


This is the first time I ever heard of anything like this.  Not sure if I agree, but sign that kid up for NFL Europe.
Marlboroman82
Personal philosophy: Clothing optional.
+1,022|7051|Camp XRay

wow, so does this mean europeans can't call americans fat anymore?
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TheEternalPessimist
Wibble
+412|7047|Mhz

Hes getting on for double my weight and I'm 22, scary shit. His mothers an ass, saw her on a TV interview shes just fucking useless.
Ender2309
has joined the GOP
+470|6998|USA
i agree that he definately needs a diet change, but this shit should NOT be counted as abuse. nobody is forcing the kid to eat the crap; it should be a fine or a ticket, but NOT an offense worthy of protective custody.


by the way....is that kid referring to himself as "us" in the end of the story?
unnamednewbie13
Moderator
+2,072|7199|PNW

Dudley Dursley.

But seriously, he weighs almost as much as I do. That an eight-year-old skeleton should be forced to drag that around is horrific.

Last edited by unnamednewbie13 (2007-02-27 06:51:07)

null_o2
Member
+7|6874|Perth, West Australia
just saw that on the news, couldn't understand a thing the kid said, with all wheezing and everything,

was quite tragic.


Ender2309 wrote:

by the way....is that kid referring to himself as "us" in the end of the story?
na he is referring to his family, from the look of the news report there where a few of the kids, none of them looked particularly healthy, in fact most of them looked like they'd be immobile by the age of 25.

Last edited by null_o2 (2007-02-27 06:50:57)

OakLeaves
Banned
+70|6743|Newcastle UK
lol he lives like 5 min drive from me next to me cousins house hes a a real fatty.
TheEternalPessimist
Wibble
+412|7047|Mhz

She buys the food, she cooks the food, she gives him the food. Lets face it, give a kid that young something to eat that he likes, he's gonna eat it, who at 8 thinks 'ooh is this too fatty for me?' I sure as fuck didnt i just wanted to get it in my belleh so I could go annoy the girl next door a bit more. His mother is responsible for his diet, shame she's a moron.
null_o2
Member
+7|6874|Perth, West Australia

TheEternalPessimist wrote:

She buys the food, she cooks the food, she gives him the food. Lets face it, give a kid that young something to eat that he likes, he's gonna eat it, who at 8 thinks 'ooh is this too fatty for me?' I sure as fuck didnt i just wanted to get it in my belleh so I could go annoy the girl next door a bit more. His mother is responsible for his diet, shame she's a moron.
i agree completely.
Marlboroman82
Personal philosophy: Clothing optional.
+1,022|7051|Camp XRay

OakLeaves wrote:

lol he lives like 5 min drive from me next to me cousins house hes a a real fatty.
it's you isn't it oakleaves...all those cokes and crap i hear you eating and drinking on ts....
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notorious
Nay vee, bay bee.
+1,396|7174|The United Center
Jesus.

Although this is a bit of a grey area since I'm not sure if technically it is child abuse or not, she is definitely playing a major role in sending this kid to an early grave.
OmniDeath
~
+726|7071

i agree with the officials.
crimson_grunt
Shitty Disposition (apparently)
+214|7082|Teesside, UK
Can't remember what it's called but there's a tv program in the UK where they get parents of problem children who won't behave properly and only eat junk food to look at pictures of what their kids are estimated to look like at 30 or 40 if they don't start living healthily.  The pics always make them look like the kind of thugs who rob the post office.

The woman on the program gives them a list of guidelines and after 2 weeks they do another analysis and show another pic based on what the kids would look like if they stuck to the plan as much as they had been.  The parents are often cause the problems by not setting a good example, backing down when the kids act up and bribing them with as much tv/sweets/candy as they want to leave them alone.

edit: Honey were killing the kids. Think thats what its called

Last edited by crimson_grunt (2007-02-27 07:05:24)

Roughshod
I CAN HAS CHEEZBURGER?
+24|6698|Germany, NRW

Omnideath wrote:

i agree with the officials.
JahManRed
wank
+646|7055|IRELAND

Basically the mother is over loving her child. Giving him everything he wants, wanting to make him happy at all costs. She hasn't grasped that part of parent hood is denial and discipline, for parent and child. If she can't sort that in her own head, then the kid, for his own good needs to be taken into care.
cpt.fass1
The Cap'n Can Make it Hap'n
+329|7123|NJ
Good that's what needs to be done. Nobody's forcing the kid to eat? The mother isn't teaching him how to control it. That's just gross.
OakLeaves
Banned
+70|6743|Newcastle UK

Marlboroman82 wrote:

OakLeaves wrote:

lol he lives like 5 min drive from me next to me cousins house hes a a real fatty.
it's you isn't it oakleaves...all those cokes and crap i hear you eating and drinking on ts....
Look at my pic on the TOP forum its not me...
sfarrar33
Halogenoalkane
+57|7046|InGerLand
i don't think him being taken away is right and i don't think they will do it either the psychological impact should be recognised by any half decent social worker
i think they are just threatening to get her to shape up
yeah shes a moron but she is his mum...
someone buy her padlocks or child catches for the doors with food in them XD
EVieira
Member
+105|6906|Lutenblaag, Molvania

null_o2 wrote:

TheEternalPessimist wrote:

She buys the food, she cooks the food, she gives him the food. Lets face it, give a kid that young something to eat that he likes, he's gonna eat it, who at 8 thinks 'ooh is this too fatty for me?' I sure as fuck didnt i just wanted to get it in my belleh so I could go annoy the girl next door a bit more. His mother is responsible for his diet, shame she's a moron.
i agree completely.
You two are judging that mother too fast. For an 8 year old to weight over 200 pounds it is obviously more than a diet. It has already been proven that there are genetic factors involving obesity. That kid needs special treatment, and only if the mother is refusing to allow her son treatment, then it would be the case.

In any case, the authorities should go to the extreme measure of taking custody of the kid if necessary. He is in a death sentence. A slow and sad death sentence that will kill him before he's 30, maybe 20, if he stays on that course.
"All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered;  the point is to discover them."
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Marlboroman82
Personal philosophy: Clothing optional.
+1,022|7051|Camp XRay

OakLeaves wrote:

Marlboroman82 wrote:

OakLeaves wrote:

lol he lives like 5 min drive from me next to me cousins house hes a a real fatty.
it's you isn't it oakleaves...all those cokes and crap i hear you eating and drinking on ts....
Look at my pic on the TOP forum its not me...
this one?
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cpt.fass1
The Cap'n Can Make it Hap'n
+329|7123|NJ
I think the state is trying to take him because there the UK lost there Sumo skills a long time ago.. And they can make him fater then before, but in all seriousness they shouldn't take him away. They should enroll him in physical activities like running..
usmarine2007
Banned
+374|6795|Columbus, Ohio

cpt.fass1 wrote:

Good that's what needs to be done. Nobody's forcing the kid to eat? The mother isn't teaching him how to control it. That's just gross.
It is kind of gross.
Kmar
Truth is my Bitch
+5,695|7028|132 and Bush

This is all I could think of guys, sorry.



Truffle shuffle..lol
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RoosterCantrell
Goodbye :)
+399|6907|Somewhere else

McDonalds CEO's eye curiously....
Jbrar
rawr
+86|6969|Winterpeg, Canada
Imagine if that fat kid broke his leg. Sure he'd get a wheel chair, but how the fuck does a fat shit like that push himself around for a full day.

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