is it consider child abuse to let your child become extremely overweight. i have a cousin who has 3 kids. her oldest is 6 years old. i haven't seen them in a long time but my mama go to their house all the time because my cousin still lives with my aunt. My mama said that my cousins 6 year old weight at least 200lbs. they have to shop in the adult section to by her clothes. My cousin said that her daughter came home from school and said that the other kids said they couldn't be her friend because she wasn't like them because she was fat.
i fell so bad for her. we all know what it was like to be the fat kid. i was the fat kid. i am not fat anymore but when i was little i was. My mama all of my aunts and all of my cousins were and still are overweight. and it isn' just looks that matter it is also the health part of it i mean does she not know that she is setting her kid up to have a lot of health problems by letting her get so big.
i am not sure if it is consider child abuse but in my opinion i believe that is should be. it is one thing to have a chunky baby but it is a completely different thing to have an extremely obese child. unless there is some kind of health issue that causes the child to become so big then there is no reason for a parent to allow their child to become that big and i know that there is not any health issue with my cousin little girl. they just let that child eat whatever she wants whenever she wants.
Personally i do think its abuse, these parents let their children eat themselves to the grave. There are cases where there is a medical reason for it (prader willy syndrome being one of them) but in most cases its the parents who let their kids eat way to much and what they eat is not very healthy stuff in most cases.
In some other countries they have started removing extremely obese children from their homes to protect them from their own parents.
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I wouldn't consider it abuse. Possibly a form of neglect.
This is the kicker, there IS a difference between abuse and neglect. Quite a big difference (in the eyes of the law).
Quoting Sirenabella:
I wouldn't consider it abuse. Possibly a form of neglect.
Unless there is something wrong w/ the child to cause them to struggle w/ their weight in which the parent is seeking medical help for... then YES I do think it is abuse. By enabling a child to get so obese you are creating many health problems that can be life long and result in death. That is abuse.
I think it could be considered as child neglect. You aren't bothering to ensure that your child's diet is nutritiocious, balanced and healthy for them.Abusive? Yes, if you are purposely feeding them poorly.
I think it is.
There was a case a year or two ago about the overweight parents who had their kid taken away because the child was huge. The mother kept saying that the child had a physical problem that made the child fat, well child services got involved and a doctor said that there was nothing wrong with the child except that the child had a horrible diet.
Then the parents were given 2 months to have the child drop some weight and instead the kid gained and the mother again said oh its because I cant stop him from eating.
So the kid got taken away for child abuse and child endagerment, went into foster care and I believe after 6 months away from his parents...is normal weight.
Once he was normal weight he went back to his parents.
It always makes me really sad when I go to the grocery store and see this overweight parents and their overweight kids. Part of me thinks ok it could be genetics, then I look into their cart and it's full of crap and think, no its just crappy eating habits.
I cannot even imagine a 200 lb 6 yr old. My 6 yr old weighs about 42 lbs and is about the same size as others his age. I can't even see how a child that age could get around at 200 lbs. This child truly needs help and to be put on a healthy food plan. I'm not sure if I see it as abuse, but definitely neglect.
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on Nov. 26, 2009 at 2:24 PM