Originally Posted by
Kamike
Youre right there are children out there that would love to live in a 'normal' environment... unfortunately TOO many!
Originally Posted by
Lee_R21Turbo
I'm sorry to say I certainly wouldnt want a kid that I'd given up to adoption to end up with people like that!!
Well... if you were that concerned, you wouldnt give the child up in the first place... and if you WERE givinga child away, you would have no say in where they are placed, permanently or temporary.
Originally Posted by
Kamike
He's not fat he's just big boned
I see what your saying but surly a child would be much happier with chunky parents than with abusive parent or being pushed around foster homes.
Spending a great deal of my life in Care, i would of much preferred a FAT parent who cares for me, than a healthy freak who cares more about themselves, than the child they are supposed to be looking after, which sadly is all too often the case in this day and age.
Originally Posted by
-MAL-
They are potentially depriving a child of a loving home simply because he's overweight. Yet they seem to happily leave children in abusive homes with their biological parents.
Yes he needs to lose weight for his own sake but it shouldn't be a prerequisite to foster children.
I couldnt of said it better myself!
Originally Posted by
Kamike
I dont see how being fat would make you any worse at being a parent than a skinny person
As long as he is still active, neither do i i!
Originally Posted by
tabetha
God help anyone who is unable to exercise etc due to say disabilities, and puts on weight, maybe they should also lose their kids.
Wrong isnt it!
People are still quite capable of leading a perfectly normal and reasonably healthy life even when morbidly overweight!
Stuff like this really annoys me..., i had carer after carer after carer, who did it either for the money, or because they felt they 'had' to. I can genuinely say i didnt have ONE single carer who who fostered because they wanted to better my life or help me in anyway. One even drove me to a suicide attempt, when i was only 15, because i was made to feel so worthless.
The social workers dont particularly care either, so when a complaint is made, they either disregard it, or it takes ages to go throught the paperwork 'system'
So seeing someone like this who has a genuine desire to want to improve a childs life, and they cant simply because theyre a little overweight..... quite honestly just disgusts me.