The Anderson Family is committing a very bizarre form of child abuse

[Waffles731]

now child abuse comes in all forms. These parents are hurting their children, not in conventional ways but nevertheless are doing serious harm to their children. In some cases, they may even genuinely love their children and are trying to help them and raise them but the fact remains that their actions are doing harm to their children.

The Anderson Family only eats red meat, including their young children

I've no doubt that Joe and Charlene Anderson genuinely love their young children and are trying to raise them right. Nevertheless their actions specifically their diet is INCREDIBLY harmful. You see the Anderson's only eat beef. Not as in beef with every meal, as in the only food they eat is beef. Their kids have been eating beef as soon as they could take solid food.

https://thenortheasttoday.com/anderson-family-on-meat-diet-for-17-years/

According to Joe there was a period when his children became interested in other foods but it was only a phase. Now the reason this fits the definition of Child Abuse is because of the damage this will do to their children's bodies. The human body needs many nutrients to survive and if a person only eats beef they are setting themselves and their children up to a host of different ailments brought about my malnutrition such as scurvy and when their children's teeth can start falling out and start bleeding from the gums when they have the means to prevent it is child abuse, not in the form that we know commonly but child abuse none the less. Now its quite possible that they are lying to gain media attention, which is doing mental harm to their children in the way in the way that they are raising them. I hope, that they are lying because at least then it means that they aren't in danger of things like scurvy.

So either they are lying to the media to gain attention which is really setting a truly terrible example to your children and hurting them developmentally, or they are actually doing this and causing physical harm to their children.

[BellePepper]

They're liars. Not only are complex carbs essential for brain development and support but your body is at huge risk for ketosis and vitamin deficiencies. Like just thinking about all the vitamins and minerals a person would be missing out on is proof they're lying. Their kids would be blind and they'd all be sick and stupid because their brains weren't working properly.

[simonpedge]

Wow! Why do humans need carbs all of a sudden? How did we evolve & survive. 97% of our time on this earth we haven't done carbs at all (until the advent of agriculture), now all of a sudden we need them. But lets keep Mr Kellogs happy - he has certainly funded a few misleading national nutritional guidelines for the gullible masses. Our carb consumption has escalated the last 100 years - so has obesity and diabetes...

[Waffles731]

@simonpedge hunter gatherers ate carbs.
What do you think they dig around for tubers and eat

[OlderAndWiser]

Or it is possible that they are giving the children vitamin and mineral supplements to avoid the potential adverse consequences of their diet.

[Blonde401]

I was borderline with scurvy when I was mentally ill and at university. Wasn't taking care of myself and was pretty much living off packets of meat and potatoes and things. It was awful and made me so ill. (Not my fault obviously as I was really mentally unwell and couldn't take care of myself properly) so this is awful.

[Iraqveteran666]

I don't know it seems the human body can subsist on almost anything. From potatoes and butter milk to just fish. 60% possibly of Americans are probably doing worse to their kids.
Today, about one in three American kids and teens is overweight or obese. The prevalence of obesity in children more than tripled from 1971 to 2011.. With good reason, childhood obesity is now the No. 1 health concern among parents in the United States, topping drug abuse and smoking.

[John_Doesnt]

No more dangerous than vegan families. Science backs up those parents more than vegans or Kosher diets.

[Waffles731]

not at all, this is just saying, I want scurvy so my gums start to rot and bleed while my teeth fall out

[John_Doesnt]

And the vegans say "I want infertility, erectile dysfunction, bone loss & lose of Kreatin in my brain". Both are equally insane.

[JimRSmith]

They look fit and healthy but... that's really not healthy...

[SlightlyCrazy]

Surely someone will intervien here

[HappypersonT]

That's crazy