Clinical childhood obesity can treat through Bio Technology…

The first problem here is what is to be classified as neglect and this becomes particularly relevant when we consider the minimal expectations of parents put forward earlier. Obviously if a child is not being fed or the actions of the parents in some other way endanger the life of the child directly then there seems to be no problem. But what about the situation where a seven year old is left alone in his home every night after school, from 3.00pm until 7.00pm without any parental supervision. All of the other aspects of the child’s life are being catered for, they are being fed and clothed, it is just that the parent/s of the child are required to work until 7.00pm in the evening. Does leaving a child this young alone consistently satisfy a definition of neglect? Are the parents of children whose dietary habits are such that they become clinically obese at an early age and continue this trend as they mature to be considered to be neglecting their child, due to the problems associated later in life with clinical childhood obesity? If we think that there are problems with these cases, then if we accept the contention that governments should only intervene when there are cases of neglect or abandonment, then we will need to accept that while the parents of these children may be doing something we disapprove of, but that the government can not intervene as they are still within their rights as parents. If we are not willing to accept this then we will need to widen the view of what it means to neglect a child and doing this may have implications that include increasing government intervention in the parent/child relationship, into areas where we have clear intuitions that they should not intervene.