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garinda

garinda

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Although I didn't see the programme last night, there is a lot of news about the eight year old child who weighs fourteen stone, and might be taken into care.

I just heard on the news that his mother gives him a full cooked breakfast everyday, as well as mountains of junk food, because he doesn't like 'healthy' food.

To me this woman is guilty of child abuse. What if he decided he didn't want to go to school, or stay up all night playing computer games, would she give in to his wishes then as well? She's also missed taking him for numerous appointments to see a NHS nutritionist at the hospital.

This child's weight is the result of bad parenting. I don't know if taking him into care is the answer, but his mother needs a major lesson in good parenting skills.


http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/mick_hume/article1444033.ece?openComment=true
 
Again it was Monday and we don't watch TV on Mondays so I didn't see it but I've heard a bit on the news and read about it and it seems the son and mother suffer from depression. They both need help by the sound of it.
 
I didn't watch the programme but saw the kid on the news, I think its child cruelty but his mother doesn't see that, she said that he wont eat healthy food, I'm sure he would if he weren't offered anything else! I dont think he should be taken into care though, maybe the threat of that will be enough to get his mother to sort him out.
 
WillowTheWhisp said:
Again it was Monday and we don't watch TV on Mondays so I didn't see it but I've heard a bit on the news and read about it and it seems the son and mother suffer from depression. They both need help by the sound of it.
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Ah right so when I have my odd days of can't be arsed to do owt I know it's depression :D
 
Ms McKeown, 35, told the BBC: "Connor had a mouthful of apple once and he didn't like it.
"He refuses to eat fruit, vegetables and salads - he has processed foods.
"When Connor won't eat anything else, I've got to give him the foods he likes.
"I can't starve him.
"But I'm confident I can get his weight down with a bit of help."
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Dr Colin Waine, National Obesity Forum



Ms McKeown denied she is neglecting her son, and said he would be "skinny" if she had been.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/6396457.stm?ls


Stupid woman. If all he had access to was a fridge full of healthy food he would eventually eat it. It's called the survival instinct.
 
He has apparently lost around a stone and a half since Christmas so it's going the right way - losing any quicker than that is not recommended anyway.

I think the mother needs help to understand that there are different forms of neglect and that although she can't understand it she is actually neglecting his health.
 
This is just called soft-itus that some parents do because they cant say NO!!! so let the child rule in order for peaceful life.
 
as soon as reece started eating solids i introduced fresh fruit and veg,he's eaten it for nearly 11 years and he loves it,the only thing he doesnt like are brussel sprouts, i hardly ever gave him baby jars i prefered to make my own and freeze it, i come across kids now who absolutely hate healthy food, i'm sorry but i'd tell them to either eat it or starve, junk food not only puts weight on children but also make them hyper, i dont buy processed crap, hardly ever buy chips, i dont even have a frying pan, i buy a take away maybe once every couple of months for a treat as my mum did when we where kids...there's just no need for it...i put it down to lazy parenting, the easy way out of having to cook a decent meal, just shove some chips in a pan and hey presto the kids are happy....but in the long term they arent.
 
The introduction of fruit and veggies to a toddlers diet is the essential way of getting them used to the taste......and a treat now and then is OK.
 
lancsdave said:
Great theory, if you have time !!
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yeah i know what you mean dave, i used to make them at night when reece was asleep in bed, i'd make enough for that week and freeze them in little containers, he loved them....infact i still do it to an extent now lol ive been known to be up till well gone 12 making shepherds pie and bolognaise so i can freeze them...silly i know, but a lot healthier than shop bought stuff
 
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lancsdave said:
And along with back pain, probably the most abused illness going .
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Unfortunately those who genuinely suffer get lumped along with those who abuse the fact that it's an invisible illness - real sufferers from depression also end up feeling guilt because they have no control over it when other people treat them like they think they ought to have. If you've never suffered just be glad of that and have compassion for those who do.
 
ive been on anti depressants since november, depression isnt a nice thing, i used to be sat there as happy as anything one minute then crying for no apparent reason the next, if anyone ever so much as looked at me the wrong way i'd either gob off at them or hit them (ask tinks) now i'm a lot calmer and i find things easier to cope with, people go on these tablets for different reasons, doesnt stop me being a bitch though :D
 
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