Next the new world order will be taking kids because they are too tall, too short, too ugly, not smart enough, have names that are not liked, and the list will go on and on. Tyranny that happens in Britain, usually ends up coming to the United States as well. Stop feeding your kids and be good little slaves or they will come for yours as well.
An obese couple’s seven children are all to be taken into care after their newborn daughter was removed over fears she would become dangerously overweight. Three children had already been removed by social services before the infant was taken from her mother within hours of her birth. Now her ‘heartbroken’ parents have learned that their three other children will be taken away from them too. They say the children of the so-called 'fat family' are being removed over fears they would also become clinically obese.
Before she became pregnant, the mother, 40, who cannot be named for legal reasons, weighed 23st. At that time one of her children, a toddler, weighed 4st, her 13-year-old son weighed 16st and an 11-year-old weighing 12st. On Monday afternoon, the mother gave birth to a girl by Caesarean section, and 28 hours later, social workers arrived at the maternity ward to take the baby into care, after serving child protection papers on the patents. Yesterday morning, a meeting of the Children’s Panel of Dundee Council decided the three youngsters still living at home should also go into care.
They are expected to be removed from the family home before the end of the week. Yesterday the mother pleaded: ‘I just want my wee girl home. She’s only a day old.’ The 18st father, 54, who was at the Children’s Panel hearing, said: ‘The panel members wouldn’t listen to me. ‘They would only listen to the social workers. They were accusing me and my wife of physical and emotional abuse and physical neglect – and we deny all that.
HOW EVENTS UNFOLDED
MARCH 2008: Family claim they are told their six children could be put into care because they are overweight. They say social workers have warned they will intervene if three of the youngsters – including a 12-year-old boy who weighs 16 stone – do not lose weight within three months. His sister, 11, weighs 12st and a four-year-old sister weighs 4st.
JULY 2009: Report reveals Dundee City Council plans to spend £114,000 on hiring a team of specialists to stop the family from overeating. Three full-time professionals will advise the parents and their six children on general health issues, diet and lifestyle choices.
SEPTEMBER 20: Two of the children, aged three and five, taken into care. Eldest child already in care.
SEPTEMBER 30: Parents fail in an attempt to have their children returned. Children’s Panel hearing decides they should be kept in care, pending a family assessment by health workers.
MONDAY: Mother gives birth.
TUESDAY: Infant is taken away.
YESTERDAY: Children’s Panel decide the three youngsters still living at home should go into care.
‘I have lost all my children and I am completely devastated.’ Speaking about his wife, he added: 'She doesn't know what to do next. The family feels that they have done enough to help their kids and try to keep their weight down. 'They love their kids so much and this is a mother's worst nightmare.' Earlier, he explained he had been visiting his wife and baby daughter at Ninewells Hospital on Tuesday when social workers served him with a child protection order relating to the infant. He said: ‘My wife left the hospital. The social workers wanted her to stay another 24 hours to look after the baby, but she couldn’t do that, knowing she wouldn’t be able to bring the baby home. ‘I kissed the baby bye-bye, but my wife couldn’t because she was so upset.’ He added: ‘We never thought they would come to hospital and take the baby away.’ The father continued: ‘I can’t understand why they are doing this to our family. Of course we are good parents. ‘We love our children. We might overspend on them and give them too much, but that doesn’t mean we are bad parents.
‘What they are doing is heartless and cruel. They are going overboard and we are suffering.’ The family first came to the attention of social services in March 2008 when they asked for help in caring for the children, including the three-year-old girl, who has developmental problems. But social workers who visited the family were shocked at the size of them - including a 21-month-old boy, who they claimed was overweight at 1st 12lb. The council then took the radical step of threatening the mother and her husband that, unless all the children lost weight, they would be removed from the family home. They were also ordered to send their children to dancing and football lessons to help them lose weight. The family say they were also warned that their six children would be take into care if they failed to lose weight. In July this year, it was reported that Dundee City Council had signed a one-year £114,000 contract with private 'minders' to stop them from over-eating.
At the time, the mother said of social services: 'They keep making an issue about the kids' weight. I don't even own a deep-fat fryer.' On September 20, two of their children, aged three and five, were taken into care and joined their eldest who was already there. Now their remaining children at home could be taken away within a week. The family’s lawyer, Kathleen Price, said that the family had not been given a fair hearing, and had not been kept informed about the action taken by social workers.
‘There is a serious question here about how you ensure that the rights of the families are protected,’ she told The Times. ‘It is very difficult for the family to get a fair hearing if the social workers have got it wrong. 'The [children’s panel] are very influenced by the social workers’ recommendations ... The family is not being helped here, they have been systematically bullied and disempowered.’ A council spokesman said: ‘We will not comment in detail on any family with whom we are involved, but we have made it clear on numerous occasions that children would not be removed from a family environment just because of a weight issue.’ He added: ‘Any decision about a child’s situation is given full and careful consideration.
'It is never taken lightly and always at the forefront is what is the best course of action for the welfare and safety of the child. ‘The decision to remove children from any parent’s care on a compulsory basis is not made by councils but by the children’s hearing system.
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