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.!
I remember a thread a few weeks ago where I got flamed for not agreeing that the government should have taken Elien (spelling probably off) Gonzalez from his father.
People here on FR decided that because we didn’t agree with how he chose to raise his son, we had the right to take the boy from him. I was the only one who thought it’s wasn’t our business what politics the man believed in.
But when the Fed disagrees with us, people now cry government over reach. Which is it? Should the Fed take children at will, or stay out of family’s business?