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Friday, 20 January 2012




Indian couple have children taken away for feeding them with their hands

An Indian couple living in Norway have had their children taken away from them by social services for feeding them with their hands and sleeping in the same bed as them. 

Anurup and Sagarika Bhattacharya had their two children taken away by Norwegian social services eight months ago.

The couple were accused of inappropriate behaviour because they fed their children with their hands and slept in the same bed as them.

Anurup Bhattacharya said, “Feeding a child with the hand is normal in Indian tradition.”

Although the Indian government has tried to help, Norway’s Child Protection Service is refusing to back down.

The children will now only be allowed to see their parents twice a year until they’re 18.

Lots of people say that Norway's Child Protective Services are too strict.

Lawyer Svein Kjetil Lode Svendsen said: "There has been a report in UN in 2005 which criticized Norway for taking too many children in public care.

"The amount was 12,500 children and Norway is a small country."

 


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  • Tabbycat16 (Age 11) wrote on Friday, 20 January 2012 @ 17:07

    That is terrible! The video shows how much the parents love them.

  • Ellie-mo (Age 13) wrote on Friday, 20 January 2012 @ 18:12

    that is really terrible!! that is waaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyy too strict!!!

  • binn4521 (Age 13) wrote on Friday, 20 January 2012 @ 22:57

    That is really harsh! Loads of people eat with their hands and sleep in the same bed as their parents so why shouldn't these two children be allowed to?

  • musicbox (Age 11) wrote on Saturday, 21 January 2012 @ 12:16

    THATS HORRIBLE !!!! how could anyone take a child from a loving family ?!

  • charan (Age 13) wrote on Saturday, 21 January 2012 @ 12:49

    Terrible!!

  • nosyrosy (Age 11) wrote on Saturday, 21 January 2012 @ 17:25

    terrible

  • Renesemee (Age 11) wrote on Saturday, 21 January 2012 @ 18:41

    I think that this is awful because it is obviously just their religion and I do not think thst it is acceptable that they will only be able to see their parents twice a year. I would never be able to split up from my parents for that long.

  • Mirri04 (Age 13) wrote on Saturday, 21 January 2012 @ 19:22

    I'm from a Pakistani heritage, and in Asian culture, people eat with their hands a lot! I do, but only when eating Asian types of food, as you use a chapatti to eat the curry. I don't get why they slept in the same bed as them though. :S

  • Jelly100 (Age 12) wrote on Sunday, 22 January 2012 @ 06:37

    This is ABSOLUTELY terrible, the children should be back with their parents. The video even shows how much the children are loved by there parents. And most young children sleep with their parents !

  • Debategirl (Age 11) wrote on Sunday, 22 January 2012 @ 13:23

    Culteral differences is the reason they took them away!? Poor things.