Holy shit, neither of their children had been enrolled in school, the boy was only taken to see a doctor once in his entire life, CPS had never been out to the house, landlord wasn’t allowed in just picked up rent from the porch. No one knew these kids were there essentially.
Well at age 7 they would be entering first grade. The younger child is 5. It’s not good that these kids hadn’t been to any kind of school, but they were still on the young side of being required to. My take anyhow.
They were both school age. 5 years old is kindergarten.
These children were being hidden and no one was looking for them. It’s incredibly sad.
Okay, I’m going to assert that BMI’s potential oversimplification of a few edge cases doesn’t matter here when I point out that this child had a BMI of seventy.
BMI is a bad, outdated method. But it was used for a reason, which is that it serves as an ok rule-of-thumb for white boys
I weighed 207 pounds when I was 7, I wish CPS had gotten involved
Hope youre doing better now. ❤️
Thanks! It’s a healing journey not a destination type of thing.
How the fuck does a child even get to that weight. Like I’m five five with bone density high enough I borderline can’t swim in freshwater and the worst I’ve ever gotten to with my weight was 230. Was she weened off milk and skipped right to soda? The fuck.
What the fuck
“On the face of it, this is cruel and extreme suffering from this child caused by the neglect of the parents,” Leyton said.
Weird. My read was that it was suffering of this child caused by the neglect from the parents. But, 54%, right?
A kid being 4-5 times the healthy weight for their age is absolutely evidence of shitty parents
You are replying to a grammatical quibble.
…how…? Like, seriously, how is that even possible? That’s bonkers.
I don’t necessarily mean to defend the parents because I don’t have enough information, but as others have mentioned, maybe they were too poor to see a doctor. Are we sure the child didn’t have a rare disease like Prader-Willi syndrome? Our society (and social media) are too quick to judge others based upon limited facts and context. Just saying.
The information you are lacking is in the article you are commenting on.
Leyton said the father has a good job and the family has real health insurance. The morning the child died, they even called their veterinarian to have their dog treated.
“None of these kids even existed in the eyes of the government. CPS had never been out there, nobody knew about these kids, they had not been to school”
They need to do a karyotype before charging the parents with murder. Think about how hard it would be to get a 7 year old to eat enough to weigh 255 lbs. I’m not denying they’re not negligent but if the child has Prader-Willi you think they should still be charged with murder?
The child died in November of last year. They waited until now to file charges. I’m guessing it was to ensure they had all the facts.
Yes, they should still be charged with murder. Any reasonable parent will see their kid gain so much weight and wonder if there’s something wrong with the kid and take them to get checked by a medical professional.
The child was only taken to see a doctor once in his entire life. Even if there is some rare disease causing the extreme weight, that’s still a lot closer to abuse than it is to neglegence.
I came here with your very point in mind, and then I read this sentence from the article:
Leyton said the father has a good job and the family has real health insurance. The morning the child died, they even called their veterinarian to have their dog treated.
This seems to be a clear case of medical willful neglect. If my kid was that big, (assuming I was feeding him healthy food,) I’d be at the DRs wanting DNA tests, getting a nutritionist, enrolling my kid in activities they like where they can be physically active. My niece has had feeding difficulties now that she’s been switched to solid foods, she’s underweight, and my sister is working with pediatricians and psychologists to determine if the insane pickiness is being caused by her being on the spectrum. I have a PhD in neuroscience, and based on the time spent with my niece she had clear behaviors that indicated she might be autistic/autistic adjacent like repetitive speech, severe introversion, and hiding when she is overstimulated/stressed. I was the first one telling my sister and brother in law to get her baby checked.
If the child had been going to school, a teacher or school official could have dropped the dime to CPS if they thought something was wrong.
