The State knows what's best for your children?

pragmatic

Totalitarian or what!

krish

Nothing but chequebook journalism now. They're private citizens with an ill family member - it's not news.

pragmatic

Au contraire when a citizen is threatened by the state I very much want to hear about it.
Not only is the public interested, but it is in the public interest.

It certainly feels like the balance of power for far too much in the hands of the state, especially child services.  They appear to be mainly self serving and rarely able to perform their job correctly (there are more than enough examples of the latter!) .

More inline with the Stasi or the Spanish inquisition, 'power absolute, so shut your mouth'.

IronGiant

We heard all this at the beginning of the month though, the Daily Mail is just rehashing the whole story once more. (Apologies if there is anything new in it, I just skim read it)

The good news is that the boy has had the treatment.  Let's hope it genuinely was the best treatment for him and not simply chosen by media demand.

EarthRod

IMO if there is a medical question turn to the professionals - surgeons, doctors and nurses.

Not the Daily Mail.

pragmatic

I don't think the majority of the interest around this is due to a medical question, but threats to take children into custody if you didn't go along with a doctors decision.

EarthRod

What ever is best for the child. With a medical question I would take the doctor's decision.

pragmatic

If the doctor tells you there is a better procedure that reduces he risk of turning your child into a vegetable but you can't have it due to cost reasons, what do you do with that advice?

EarthRod

Did that happen?

pragmatic

Did the Daily Mail phone up the parents and tell them about proton beam therapy?
This seems to be what you're suggesting.