Granny banned from sweet handouts

[The Straight Story]

Granny banned from sweet handouts

A grandmother has been banned from giving sweets to her grandchildren after a court heard they had suffered dental problems.

The grandmother, known as EM, launched a legal battle against her own daughter over access to the four children.

Perth Sheriff Court was told EM would often bring two carrier bags of sweets with her on visits.

Sheriff Daniel Kelly QC granted the grandmother one visit a month on the condition she did not give them sweets.

The grandmother took her daughter to court after contact with the four children was cut off in March 2006.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/tayside_and_central/7109480.stm

[Ian David]

1. We all know where this ends...

[Angela Shelley]

2. Why not?

A short list of addictive substances which are detrimental to your health:

drugs
tobacco
alcohol
sugar

[The Straight Story]

3. Don't forget the stuff they put in diet drinks

and fatty foods, car exhaust,.... :)

[Quantess]

4. Sheesh.

What's next, will Grandma will have to stop giving the kids cigarettes, alcohol, and drugs?
:silly:

[JVS]

6. Awesome grandma!

[magellan]

5. How absurd

Mum has no control over what her kids do with these sweets Nana brings? She's unable to take charge of the carrier bags, hide them, give them away? What, she just stands there and whinges as her kids stuff their gobs?

I suspect there's a history between Nana and Mum that goes deeper than the bottom of these carrier bags of sweets. But the UK is increasingly becoming a nanny state that micro-manages people's decisions rather than leaving the responsibility to the individual.

[proud2BlibKansan]

7. What if she agreed to pay the dental bills?

Sheesh, where do you get these stories? :rofl:

[China_cat]

8. Sweets are so passe

I gave my granddaughter $100 toward her tattoo and sent my grandson 112 condoms. People need to get with the times.