Tuesday, March 17, 2015

Proposed Law Would Label Parents of Fat Kids "Child Abusers"

Proposed Law Would Label Parents of Fat Kids "Child Abusers" - Hit & Run : Reason.com:
"Come out with your hams up!
The Puerto Rican government is proposing a new law that would label the parents of obese kids as "child abusers."
...So along comes this proposed law: Fat kid = abusive parent.
Senator Gilbert Rodriguez Valle introduced the bill that would establish a process of identifying obese children in school ("There's a porker!") and sending social workers to investigate the families. If the social workers see no improvements after a year, the parents could be fined up to $800.
That's right: The government is telling parents they don't know how to feed their own kids.
As if shaming and fining is the government's job.

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