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roaming_kate23There were parents that got their kid taken away because they refused to take their kid to the hospital for a jaundice treatment.The parents,however, are claiming that the reason that their baby was taken away was because they had a home birth.And they are a family of colour.
Here is the thing:There are some conflicting reports about the parents’ behaviour(supposedly they used a assumed name to get out of paying the hospital bill)
.And were warned that NOT allowing their baby to have the treatment might lead to the kid having permanent health issues.There was a comment about the parents being paranoid.I don’t disagree with that .
Because one of the first things they did was trying to make it about them being a family of colour as I mentioned before. Not entirely convinced that that is the case.There are too many things that just don’t add up for me.
Look,I get why someone might want to have a baby at home.I did a report on home birth in high school(and got an a for it IIRC) but came to the conclusion that it was not something that I would have done myself. There are too many variables when it comes to having a baby;however, women of colour are more likely to die in childbirth which is shameful. And makes me glad that I can’t have kids.
I am a person of colour myself and it’s not that I don’t get where they are coming from..however from what I’m reading it’s nothing do do with their race and more that their child needed medical treatment and the parents wanted to treat it with “natural” cures.
Reminds me of the first crazy mom that I ever reported on whose son had a bad skin condition and who was treating it with natural cures(and it wasn’t working.) That, among other reasons was why she got her kids taken away from her, returned, and then taken away(for good this time.)
Quite a few comments commended the doctor for stepping in and doing the right thing,Which I agree. The story(as it is told by Medical Kidnap anyhow) has a whole lot of holes in it. Did the father have drug paraphernalia in the past(or even around the time that they took their baby away.)
One of the comments was that the other kids looked too thin, and I agree. Making it all about a “natural” lifestyle to the point where your kids look unhealthy is not a good look.
Here is the thing:There are some conflicting reports about the parents’ behaviour(supposedly they used a assumed name to get out of paying the hospital bill)
.And were warned that NOT allowing their baby to have the treatment might lead to the kid having permanent health issues.There was a comment about the parents being paranoid.I don’t disagree with that .
Because one of the first things they did was trying to make it about them being a family of colour as I mentioned before. Not entirely convinced that that is the case.There are too many things that just don’t add up for me.
Look,I get why someone might want to have a baby at home.I did a report on home birth in high school(and got an a for it IIRC) but came to the conclusion that it was not something that I would have done myself. There are too many variables when it comes to having a baby;however, women of colour are more likely to die in childbirth which is shameful. And makes me glad that I can’t have kids.
I am a person of colour myself and it’s not that I don’t get where they are coming from..however from what I’m reading it’s nothing do do with their race and more that their child needed medical treatment and the parents wanted to treat it with “natural” cures.
Reminds me of the first crazy mom that I ever reported on whose son had a bad skin condition and who was treating it with natural cures(and it wasn’t working.) That, among other reasons was why she got her kids taken away from her, returned, and then taken away(for good this time.)
Quite a few comments commended the doctor for stepping in and doing the right thing,Which I agree. The story(as it is told by Medical Kidnap anyhow) has a whole lot of holes in it. Did the father have drug paraphernalia in the past(or even around the time that they took their baby away.)
One of the comments was that the other kids looked too thin, and I agree. Making it all about a “natural” lifestyle to the point where your kids look unhealthy is not a good look.
