[Berlin_Freeper]

If need be, at some point you have to shove them out and change the locks.

[SkyDancer]

Foreign Clinton/Bernie supporter?

[SkyDancer]

Foreign Clinton/Bernie supporter?

[irishjuggler]

From the story: "...as a boy the man went to elementary school, but then stopped attending school at 13 because he was declared unfit to attend."

Sounds like the fellow has some mental issues. Not really that shocking when someone with abnormal mental health doesn't go out much (or at all). Sounds like the parents were housing and feeding him rather than passing his expenses on to the state, so not sure why this is a public problem.

[blueplum]

If the child was declared ‘unfit’ for school 30 years ago, where were the social workers at that time? If the adult child was checked out in the hospital and found to be well nourished, why wasn’t he immediately returned to his stable environment for follow-up in the home? The headline implies wrong-doing - are the authorities looking for a problem that isn’t there?

[Gay State Conservative]

If need be, at some point you have to shove them out and change the locks.

A situation like this could very well involve some sort of chronic neuropsychiatric disorder in the person in question.It's not necessarily a question of abuse or neglect or a "failure to launch" scenario.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

If he has mental issues that is actually is abuse.

My friend's sister in law is in her fifties, she operates at the level of an eight year old. "Shoving her out and changing the locks" would kill her. She is not capable of living on her own or living outside a very structured environment.

It sounds like the parents were doing the best they could and now the state has, as usual, stuck their noses into something that is none of their business and probably traumatized their son.

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