Child In Care Due To Religion.

[tonyav]

Religious beliefs gets a child put into care.
http://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/indoctrinated-son-troubled-by-mothers-religion-is-put-into-care/ar-BBk8U0K

[bednobs]

ok

[Orderlimit]

Very interesting, there must be a huge problem now in the UK with kids being brainwashed by religion.

[tonyav]

Thats what I was thinking, Orderlimit.

[naomi24]

Religion messes with the mind. Poor little boy.

[tonyav]

I think it's the first time I have heard of anything like this.

[nailit]

I find this a bit disturbing. The kid might be 'brain washed' but surely taking him away from his mother will cause him more distress. Since when has the state had the right to dictate what you can and cant teach your kids? What next, muslim kids taken into care? Catholic kids? The kids of scientologists?
We might vehemently disagree with their nutty beliefs but when the state starts taking your kids from you, then I find THAT unnacceptable.

[naomi24]

It’s a difficult one, but if psychological abuse emanated from any source other than religious indoctrination the authorities would be criticised if they allowed it to continue, so should religion be afforded special status? Should religious parents be given free rein to psychologically damage their children?

[Cloverjo]

How would it help the boy to be placed "temporarily" in foster care? Presumably, his mother is not going to change her religion or stop going to Kingdom Hall. I'm not religious at all and don't support the mothers views, but a child needs to be with his mum, unless she's abusive or neglectful. This mum isn't.

[naomi24]

She's not knocking him about - but she is subjecting him to psychological abuse.

[Gromit]

There are clearly family issues apart from the mother's religion that are affecting the child. The Social Worker who has worked with the family extensively told the Famly Court that the Religion was not the problem, but the Judge chose to ignore that.

I thought there were moves to get Family Courts abolished, or at least have their powers reduced.

[Gromit]

// But the judgment disclosed that a social worker at the centre of the case rejected this assessment and believed that, while the boy was damaged by the conflict between his warring parents, the mother's religion was not the cause. //

More like Big Brother and a Police State working against this family.

[naomi24]

Gromit, I see nothing there about the social worker having ‘worked extensively’ with the family, but perhaps he/she prefers to ignore the obvious. The mother seems to be pretty fixated with her religion – and since she’s a Jehovah’s Witness that would create an irreparable rift between her and the boy’s father - and quite rightly the judge hasn’t ignored that. The child's well-being must be paramount. He is very clearly one very troubled little boy.

[Gromit]

The Barbaric practice of removing children forcibly from their family has brought International condemnation on the Brirish system.

http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/mar/09/latvia-complains-to-uk-parliament-over-forced-adoptions

[naomi24]

Gromit, none of that is relevant to this case.

[anotheoldgit]

tonyav

/// I think it's the first time I have heard of anything like this. ///

http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/News/Question1421230.html

Perhaps one day some brave judge will rule that such youngsters should be put in care, it happens, but then not those of the Muslim faith it would seem.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3092457/Boy-7-taken-away-parents-judge-rules-damaged-Jehovah-s-Witness-mother-s-religious-beliefs.html

[naomi24]

AOG, ^ that's the case we're talking about. Didn't you look at Tony's original link?

[anotheoldgit]

naomi24

/// AOG, ^ that's the case we're talking about. Didn't you look at Tony's original link? ///

Yes I know, but I was replying to Tony when he put that's the first I have heard of anything like this.