"Lose weight or we'll take all your children away"

[TonyGosling]

Lose weight or we'll take all six of your children away: Outrage over social workers' 'draconian' ultimatum to parents
By JANE SIMPSON - More by this author » Last updated at 00:10am on 23rd March 2008

Six young brothers and sisters face being taken from their parents and put into care because they are overweight.

Social workers have warned they will intervene if three of the youngsters – including a 12-year-old boy who weighs 16 stone – do not shed several pounds in three months.

The parents have been told they risk losing all their children if there is no improvement in the 12-year-old or two of his sisters aged 11 and three – who weigh 12 stone and four stone – by June.........



http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_artic le_id=542358&in_page_id=1770

[fish5133]

Quite right. All our kids should be blonde and slim and wear Brown shirts.