pixiedustboo
Redfidelboo
I'm all for social service (that actually help people and are not just government pork barrel spending like the currently abused welfare system welfare) and I am 100% against child abuse and super fat ass kids. But I'm also against government intrusion.
How will the kids be helped if we just sit back and watch? Wait. When should the government be involved? Or should it be involved at all? When does it become necessity to get a child out of an abusive household?
When the child is being abused by hitting? Does one have to be able to see the marks before it's determined? No, I have a better one. How many marks does one have to see? How long does it have to go on for?
When the child is being abused sexually?
When the child is being abused in another manner? (i.e. Being led into gross obesity, or not being fed).
It makes me very nervous when people decide to let others be for the sake of their idea of freedom. The children that are put into those situations do NOT have normal freedoms of other children. They cannot run with any sort of endurance (if at all), they cannot be held, they are teased every day in school and on the bus systems because of their weight....
For a normal, healthy child with no medical issues to be neglected and led into a lifestyle where they are a prisoner in their own body is abuse, and if I were in charge I'd break into the people's house on my own and deal with it. I have NO tolerance for parents who neglect their children in any manner.
If people are too damn lazy, stupid, mean, or plain just don't care about their children you bet your ass I'd hope my government would step in. Someone has to. Who will it be if it's not the government.
-----I really honestly see your way of thinking in this. I will also acknowledge that there is a very high "how will it be determined when the government should step in" factor. I do NOT believe they should be able to just waltz into anyone's home or life, but if there is any reasonable doubt, even a shred...where a child is concerned then in my opinion the parents should be subject to that invasion of their privacy.-----