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As we know childhood obesity is a huge problem in our country today, with sugary, fatty foods and fast food.  In the article it talks about how an 8 year old boy that weighed over 200 pounds was taken away from his mother because if child endangerment. He was placed in foster care. The mother feels that it isn’t child endangerment, but the agency has been talking to her for over a year now. Her son was taken to a hospital for breathing problems where the doctors gave him directions to lose weight and get healthier, but the mom made no attempt to help him get better.

I’m going to have to agree with the law officials on this one. The mother had been contacted for over a year to try to help the son out. But instead she ignored officials and the son kept gaining weight. The poor kid is 8 years old and 200 POUNDS!!!! Do you want your freakin kid to die? I feel like it is neglect because she is letting her kid die. Because obese kids suffer from diabetes, heart problems, high blood pressure, and joint problems. That isn’t fair to the son because he still is somewhat young and doesn’t understand whats good for him and what’s  bad for him. A responsible mother would let her son eat healthy and have some food that is bad for him every now and then, not every single meal, every single day! The deserves to have her son taken away because she wasn’t following doctors orders, after going to the hospital for his breathing problems.