Too fat to parent?

What I immediately thought may get me banned.

My modified answer is that unless anything else is going on in this family besides obesity and a bad diet, the state has no right to be taking their children. Yes, they can have all the counselling and dietician advice they need, but taking their children is wrong.

However, the article does not clearly state that the weight issue is the only reason they are being taken away. I really have to wonder if there isn't something else going on there. Taking children away from their parents must be so traumatic unless there is a very good reason. The weight issue alone does not qualify.

I agree, they state weight isn't the issue, otherwise I'm sure they'd be taking away lots of kids around their country. Unfrotunately they look like the average American family to me.

From the article,
It seems to me the reporter is trying to let people infer the weight issue is the cause. Poor reporting.

If it is just an issue of weight, the social worker should be ashamed.

If it is a case of bad reporting, the media should be ashamed. Not just the reporter but The Daily Mail as well.