http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504763_162-57331936-10391704/o8 year old get up tbese-third-grader-taken-from-family-did-state-go-too-far/

I have mixed feelings on this one.
While I have a problem with the state removing children at will,
I also have a problem with a parent who would let their 8 year old get to 200 pounds.

where do we draw the line here?

REMOVING THE CHILD IS WRONG! This is government over stepping its authority!

The parent(s) should be "admonished" and put on a probation like rehab program (that is adhered to by both parent and court) maybe, but even that is treading on constitutional rights more than I care to allow.

I say take away their TVs and video games, make public facilities more available for activities promoting health and fitness, and maybe you'll have something!

what if in say,six months,there is no improvement,will they yank him out of that home and stick him in the next one?
And so on?

There are children who are homeless, living in cars. Why don't we deal with that first before we start taking children away from their parents.

geeeze.

Ohio doesn't have enough problems so they are inventing problems to justify some people's jobs.

No, the state should be charged with kidnapping!!!!!!

I am serious. I would insist that the state be charged with kidnapping.

Then I would sue them.

What popped out at me in this article is why this child?...With over a third of our nations children falling into the obese range, how did this child get singled out?..

Also, I would be more concerned with the long term or permanent psychological ramifications of removing children from biological parents and placing them in foster care than I would be of the "guessing games" being played concerning the "possibility" of future health problems and shortened life expectancy....Does the state have a crystal ball or are they borrowing the doctors ?

I believe it is most likely the local agencies trying to justify their government jobs together with some nosy busy body neighbor who complained about it.

I still say the parents should go to the FBI and report a kidnapping and get a lawyer.

Then sue them on top of it.

if a parent paddling their child's a$$ for misbehavior is considered child abuse then this certainly goes above and beyond that.

I have mixed feelings about this.

Allowing your child to get to 200lb is most definitely a form of abusive neglect. Its awful and in my opinion that person is unfit to be a parent, no matter how much they 'love them'.


But I don't trust the 'government' to make that determination, and it just doesn't seem right that they can do this by force. If she completely and totally refused to give up her child, and fought against this in every way, they might send armed police officers to enforce this. If she physically resisted, she might get shot.

So basically they are ultimately taking her child away at gun point. That ain't right.

News Flash!!!!......Dr. Oz is on...

Todays show is about the obesity crisis in America...

Tape up the boy mouth for Gods sake and be done with it.I play hehehe i play.Martin likes to play

A lot of the problem is in prepackaged junk food that America is loaded with.

Sodas are a big problem.

Sugar is in everything.

I think its all our jobs, including government to protect children. In situations that put a child at as severe a risk as obesity at such a young age, I think the state is right to intervene. Although I Think, as is supposed to be the case most of the time, the goal should be reuniting a healthier family more so than strictly seperating them.

I think at 167 lbs 6 ounces. That's as good a line as any, and it serves the purpose of not getting eight-year-olds to 200 lbs, and the other purpose of allowing food production companies to prosper.

In fact, American obesity is not only a national disaster; we use more edible material that has been painfully grown on the power of sunlight, because we each weigh twice as much as people in other countries -- except Sweden and Biafra, where the national BMI is higher than in America. So the world also hates us for eating more and elbowing others away from the pot goulash.

However, if we cut down on eating copious amounts of feed every meal, and do that too abruptly, we might upset the Food Sector of the American economy, which may result in share prices dropping on the food market.

So the idea is to loose weight gradually, and keep it off, to have the economy not go crazy for a second.

I think you should move to a small country and apply for the job of dictator.

So was? So das. Ich bitter Ihre Entschuldigung. Schlechter Witz.

I think a good pscyhological deterrent to kids would be pubic education and awareness raising with videos showing how the Wicked Witch cooks and eats fat children.

Nope, I dont want to control people at all, I just want to protect children who dont know any better than to follow adults who are putting them at risk,,,


if it doesnt harm children,, adults can have at it,,,

lol,, thats actually a good idea

we really could use alot more of that 'cool' advertising for healthy foods instead of just fast food and junk.

I don't want to give the State the power to take children away from parents because they are over weight. That's insane. Instead they should help the parents solve the problem themselves.

If the state starts doing that then the tax payers will be paying to raise other people's children. I did not have children FOR A REASON. I don't want to be paying to raise everyone else's children.

Make the parents fulfill their responsibility.

its not really about just overweight, this particular case is about 'obesity' which is much riskier and dangerous for the child. Taxpayers will pay either way, either through daily or weekly babysitting at the home to make sure the environment is healthier or through taking the child out temporarily


the parents need to get control so they can do better for their kids and I have learned through experience that people dont change often unless they see a reason too, unless there is something to work towards

let the parents work towards making a healthier home and lifestyle for their child to return to, instead of just hoping they will change on their own with the chils still there,,,