Posted on 12/05/2009 4:37:45 AM PST by sodpoodle
Social workers took a 2-year-old U.K. boy into care after his mother refused to give him junk food.
Zak Hessey was 17 pounds, 6 ounces when his mother Lisa took him to hospital, telling doctors he was a "fussy eater" and not gaining weight.
Doctors said he should weigh 19 pounds, 8 ounces, and advised the mother of five to bulk him up on chips, chocolate and cakes.
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No kidding.
C’mon, this is from the Onion, right?
The UK is a lost cause.
What happened to “Every rule has exceptions?”
Gov’t do-gooders just trying to help the uninformed, stupid public.
Coming soon to your home town.
I can just picture some SEIU school advisor demanding parents put kids on a vegan diet, and reporting them for serving meat at home.
Government run healthcare at it’s finest!
Government telling parents what, when and how to feed their kids.
Lisa took him to hospitalAnd therein caused the problem.
this is what can be expected here in the USA soon after implementing National Health Care. Be prepared.
And don't think that they won't be sifting through the poop to check.
The Road To Serfdom was written as a warning about the future of the UK as it lurched toward fascism/socialism. It applied equally well to America, though with a 25-year lag.
Perhaps the assorted Labor governments instead viewed it as an instruction manual. Sometimes I think the muzzies could make the situation no worse - predation would be highly selective. Kinda like letting rival gangs wittle down their numbers before cleaning up.
I suspect she was just trying to make sure there were no physical problems - the hospital because it takes so long to get a doctor’s appointment.
My doctors always told me my kids would eat when they were hungry and grow when they were “programmed” to grow.
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