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Half Ton Teen: Is This Child Abuse?

Is This Child Abuse?


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So I been watching re-runs of this show on OWN and am starting to wonder if this is some form of child abuse. I mean these teens did not get this big without the help of their parents and it breaks my heart to watch them struggle and one of them even died. Or maybe all of them as this is a repeat of a show that aired on other networks.

So my question is do you feel it is child abuse to overfeed your children and allow them to overeat to the point of being this obese? :(

I know that in our culture sometimes cooking and feeding is the act of showing love but feeding your children to the point where it takes the fire dept. to get them out of the house and to the hospital is not love.
 
it's not abuse, but its not a good thing. I think our culture is doing a pretty good job at reveling the bad things that happen as a result so people are informed so they can make better decisions.
 
I think it would be abuse if it reaches a 1/2 ton, this is to the extreme and the parents should have called for help. That said, if this was due to a natural occurrence that was beyond the parents control then it is not abuse.
 
So I been watching re-runs of this show on OWN and am starting to wonder if this is some form of child abuse. I mean these teens did not get this big without the help of their parents and it breaks my heart to watch them struggle and one of them even died. Or maybe all of them as this is a repeat of a show that aired on other networks.

So my question is do you feel it is child abuse to overfeed your children and allow them to overeat to the point of being this obese? :(

I know that in our culture sometimes cooking and feeding is the act of showing love but feeding your children to the point where it takes the fire dept. to get them out of the house and to the hospital is not love.

Depends. Do those children have a medical condition? How old are they? Do the parents try to restrict them on what they eat and how much they eat?
 
Yes I think it is child abuse.
 
Was this the kid?

half-ton-teen-billy-robins.jpg


If so, I saw the episode. I remember the mom being pretty messed up in the head. She wanted to keep him dependent on her and she obstructed the health professionals trying to help him. When she was around, she treated him like a 2 year old and he acted like one too. It also seemed she enjoyed the attention, like a Munchhousen (however you spell that) by proxy thing. I don't know that I think it's abuse but the mom needs to be on meds or something.

As a side note, when I comes to adults that let themselves get so big they don't leave the bed for years, I seriously wonder what mindset it takes to be ok with letting yourself live like that.
 
Have they tried the new mocha caramel double cream donuts at the Dunkin Donuts?

That little fatty could get down on some of them.

What do you all think about the fat girl relationship with the hunk who likes em heavy on Glee?
 
I've always been a little confused why not feeding your child (and thus leading to life-threatening conditions) is unanimously considered abuse, but letting them overfeed (and thus leading to life-threatening conditions) is such a gray area.
 
Was this the kid?

half-ton-teen-billy-robins.jpg


If so, I saw the episode. I remember the mom being pretty messed up in the head. She wanted to keep him dependent on her and she obstructed the health professionals trying to help him. When she was around, she treated him like a 2 year old and he acted like one too. It also seemed she enjoyed the attention, like a Munchhousen (however you spell that) by proxy thing. I don't know that I think it's abuse but the mom needs to be on meds or something.

As a side note, when I comes to adults that let themselves get so big they don't leave the bed for years, I seriously wonder what mindset it takes to be ok with letting yourself live like that.


Yeah, you got to figure there just has to be some psychological hurdle to literally wallowing in your own ****
 
YES, it is !!!!!!!!
50-100 years ago, maybe not, but things change, as a specie, we improve, become more civilized......most of us, of course !
Today, only a balanced diet will do.
Education is part of the answer, at the least.
Another part is love, not all of us have this..
Solution ???
Having read some more, its still abuse, this is obvious.
The mother is not responsible, obvious again.
The state should have stepped in long ago.....years ago....
Society is guilty.
Where are the law-makers ?
 
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I think it would depend on the situation. If one of the parents was doing it purposefully I think maybe one could make the argument. But if they're really trying to get their kid to eat better and either through genetics or the child's behavior they cannot get the weight down; then that wouldn't be abuse.
 
Was this the kid?

half-ton-teen-billy-robins.jpg


If so, I saw the episode. I remember the mom being pretty messed up in the head. She wanted to keep him dependent on her and she obstructed the health professionals trying to help him. When she was around, she treated him like a 2 year old and he acted like one too. It also seemed she enjoyed the attention, like a Munchhousen (however you spell that) by proxy thing. I don't know that I think it's abuse but the mom needs to be on meds or something.

As a side note, when I comes to adults that let themselves get so big they don't leave the bed for years, I seriously wonder what mindset it takes to be ok with letting yourself live like that.

Yes. That was one of the kids they showed. There was also two other kids and one of them passed away. Agree with you about "Little" Bill's mother. It is clear she was a problem and she did enable him to the point that it was killing him. She never got over the death of her first child and I think that is why she treated her 2nd like this even though it was killing him. It is very sad. The doctor even flat out told him he cannot go home from the hospital to his parents house as it was a danger. She was the danger.
 
I think it would depend on the situation. If one of the parents was doing it purposefully I think maybe one could make the argument. But if they're really trying to get their kid to eat better and either through genetics or the child's behavior they cannot get the weight down; then that wouldn't be abuse.

On the show after he had been in hospital the first time and was allowed to go home so he could lose enough weight to get to a treatment center/rehab? She would still bring him home all kinds of junk foods and things. He had to get to a certain weight before he could be safe for surgery and she was not helping at all. She was an enabler.
 
On the show after he had been in hospital the first time and was allowed to go home so he could lose enough weight to get to a treatment center/rehab? She would still bring him home all kinds of junk foods and things. He had to get to a certain weight before he could be safe for surgery and she was not helping at all. She was an enabler.
Agreed. Their's is a very co-dependent relationship. I'm almost surprised she even let him have the surgery in the first place.
 
I do not think its abuse. I think its more like neglect. The parent is weak willed and as a result failed to tell their no.
 
I do not think its abuse. I think its more like neglect. The parent is weak willed and as a result failed to tell their no.
I do know there's something natural about teasing the little fatty. There's got to be some sort of pressure to stay healthy.

I think I just wanted to post this rather than reply to a post.
 
I do know there's something natural about teasing the little fatty. There's got to be some sort of pressure to stay healthy.

I think I just wanted to post this rather than reply to a post.

people who degrade others becasue of their physical appearance are very insecure. it's natural for those types of people to tease "the little fatty" so they can make themselves feel better.
 
On the show after he had been in hospital the first time and was allowed to go home so he could lose enough weight to get to a treatment center/rehab? She would still bring him home all kinds of junk foods and things. He had to get to a certain weight before he could be safe for surgery and she was not helping at all. She was an enabler.

Well maybe she should get some help too. The kid makes a choice too though, and it could be tough to resist temptation particularly from a family member. But the doctor told him the score, he's aware of the consequences now. The mom probably needs to get some help herself, she most likely has problems of her own.
 
people who degrade others becasue of their physical appearance are very insecure. it's natural for those types of people to tease "the little fatty" so they can make themselves feel better.

Imagine my cocern. You don't let your kid get that way and I'm not going to mr. stmpathy,

I never heard back from you on that thread about our fake president. Still think he has proven anything?
 
I am sick and tired of making excuses for fat people. We can't say what we think about them because it will hurt their feelings... They can't be faulted for their fatness because someone else is always to blame. HOGWASH!!! If you are fat and obese, it is YOUR FAULT! No one elses... It is about time we can tell people that. I am tired of people telling me I am too thin (BTW, I am thin, but also athletic and rather muscular). The fact is, I am NOT too thin, but it usually comes from people who are actually a little bit on the fat side... but I can't say that... can it... it is rude and impolite... REDICULOUS!!! Fat people are FAT!!! it is about time they realize this and do something about it... and if one of those fatsos EVER oozes over into my airplane seat that I can COMFORTABLY sit in... %$^%$%!!!!
 
I do know there's something natural about teasing the little fatty.

When I was in high school I would would have been one of those dick heads to tease someone that big. It doesn't make it right though.


There's got to be some sort of pressure to stay healthy.
I imagine that if they were actually concerned with what assholes thought then they wouldn't be that big in the first place.
 
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Well maybe she should get some help too. The kid makes a choice too though, and it could be tough to resist temptation particularly from a family member. But the doctor told him the score, he's aware of the consequences now. The mom probably needs to get some help herself, she most likely has problems of her own.

Agree. They will never be able to have a healty realationship til she gets help too and while the Dad did not seem to have her kind of problems? He should seek some help too and of course group family counseling.
 
I am sick and tired of making excuses for fat people. We can't say what we think about them because it will hurt their feelings... They can't be faulted for their fatness because someone else is always to blame. HOGWASH!!! If you are fat and obese, it is YOUR FAULT! No one elses... It is about time we can tell people that. I am tired of people telling me I am too thin (BTW, I am thin, but also athletic and rather muscular). The fact is, I am NOT too thin, but it usually comes from people who are actually a little bit on the fat side... but I can't say that... can it... it is rude and impolite... REDICULOUS!!! Fat people are FAT!!! it is about time they realize this and do something about it... and if one of those fatsos EVER oozes over into my airplane seat that I can COMFORTABLY sit in... %$^%$%!!!!

Keep in mind these are teens/Kids we are talking about. This is not adults.
 
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