Lawyer Lunch » TPR http://lawyerlunch.com Real Law. Real Life. Real Tasty. Sat, 10 Apr 2010 13:36:38 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Mothers Huge Mistake – 400 Pound Teen Son http://lawyerlunch.com/mothers-huge-mistake-400-pound-teen-son/ http://lawyerlunch.com/mothers-huge-mistake-400-pound-teen-son/#comments Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:44:01 +0000 Brian Karpf http://lawyerlunch.com/?p=185 An Orlando, Florida mother is catching heat from DCF for “allowing” her 13-year-old son to grow into a 400 pound behemoth. Assuming that Josiah Lewis weighed 15 pounds at birth, his mother Brenda’s feeding habits resulted in weight gain of about 30 pounds per year. That’s crazy. If this trend continues, he’ll weigh a ton by age 33.

The problem is, authorities are questioning how long the poor kid will live. He has both diabetes and high blood pressure, conditions which doctors say are life-threatening to him. As such, the Department of Children and Families has the power to remove Josiah from his home. They’re thinking of doing just that.

The mother’s excuse: she doesn’t know how to control him. She claims that she can’t get her morbidly obese son to take his medications or to stop eating. “He didn’t come with a manuscript or a guide,” says the mom. “I (have) just been working my way through.” Oh, you mean your kid didn’t come with an instruction manual such as “Motherhood for Dummies?” Where’d you get him, eBay? Get real lady.

Overweight Teen - 400 pound teenager Josiah Lewis

Overweight Teen - 400 pound teenager Josiah Lewis

Is this a case of Munchausen by Proxy? Should Josiah be removed from his home, at least temporarily, so that he can lose weight and get his health back in order?

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