NetNews Usenet Archive 1993 #1/NN_1993_1.iso/spool/alt/support/bigfolk/764

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From: [e-mail] (David Elliott)
Newsgroups: alt.support.big-folks
Subject: Re: talk show about fat kids taken from parents
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
Date: 7 Jan 93 21:53:38 GMT
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Sender: [e-mail] (David Elliott)
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In article <[e-mail]>, [e-mail] (Sue Raul) writes:
|> I saw a bit of a talk show yesterday about
|> a couple whose children were removed from
|> the home because they were fat.

Wait.  Was it because the parents were fat or because the children were
fat?

I've heard of a case where a fat kid's parents were investigated for
abuse in the form of causing their child to be extremely fat.  My
sister blamed my mom for her fatness, and restricted my nephew's diet
when he was young to "prevent him from creating many fat cells". (I
might also blame my parents, but it would be for making me devious,
not for feeding me ;-).

If it was because the parents were fat, there's a question of whether
or not their size was a handicap.  We would all like to think that it
isn't a problem, but even at my current size, I find limitations to
what I can do.  If I weighed 200 pounds more than I do now, I might not
be able to take care of myself, let alone a child, without special aid,
and that might cost more than I can afford.  I'm trying not to be
unfeeling here, but I can see how the social services people might
consider extreme fatness to be a serious enough handicap to make a
case.

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