It sounds like they tried to work with this mother for years now, but she comes across as ineffective.
Fat isn’t the only health reason a kid may need to be removed for supervised medical care. It may be his only hope of not living a short and miserable life. If I was a 200 pound 8 yr old I’d hope some adults would step in and try to help me, even if I had to take a break from my family.!
incredible. When I was a kid, I lived in a free country..
Maybe mandatory pre-natal genetic screening would be the answer. /sarcasm