Comments on: Nazi-Named Rugrats Rescued

By: marilove

marilove — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 10:14:48 +0000

“but it doesn’t sound like an otherwise happy, healthy home.”

I think when you start naming your kids Adolf Hitler, that becomes pretty obvious…

By: Christie

Christie — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 09:24:47 +0000

PS: According to ABC News, the kids were not removed for their names. They quote the family services as saying “We would never remove a child simply based on their name.” However, it sounds like there’s some other abuse of some kind going on. Other info from the article said this:

“He [Heath Campbell] had some kind of hold over those kids and his wife. I don’t think it was sexual or physical abuse, but the kids were confined to certain areas in the house,” said Lori Dilts, 38, a neighbor and the daughter of the Campbells’ landlord.
“It was more than just their names and the cake situation,” said Dilts, who was reluctant to share any more details until after the hearing.
“Those children look outwardly healthy, but they didn’t have much freedom,” she said. “Occasionally, the little boy would come over here and would hate having to go back to his house.”
Dilts said Campbell had swords and Nazi paraphernalia hanging on the walls of the family’s home. She said the couple was unemployed and received government assistance to pay their rent.

Now, we don’t know details, but it doesn’t sound like an otherwise happy, healthy home.

By: Christie

Christie — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 08:40:39 +0000

It's hard to say if the system has the right to take the children away. I would like to know more, like if the parents were involved in white supremacist gang-type of activities or something else. While clearly the parents have low moral fiber, so do lots of parents who don't lose their kids. However, the naming thing might be more case-worthy than you might think. After all, they emancipated "Talula Does The Hula From Hawaii" because they considered the name child abuse, and I'd rather be Talula than Adolf. That poor boy is going to be ridiculed at best for the rest of his life, and possibly much, much worse. I mean, would you hire Adolf Hitler? I mean, simply having the name is going to make people automatically judge him no matter what kind of man he becomes. And god forbid he end up in the wrong side of town, and have to give his name...

By: csrster

csrster — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 03:15:43 +0000

Why does there need to be more information? Are the reasons for taking children into protective care usually made public in New Jersey?

By: Dizzlski

Dizzlski — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 23:50:28 +0000

Sorry, but there needs to be more info here. A stupid name and hateful ideology do not justify the removal of children from their parents and home.

By: Lilian Nattel

Lilian Nattel — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 19:54:22 +0000

Chances are that more was going on than just the names. To train a kid for that much sustained hatred requires some degree of brutality. Alice Miller pointed out that a whole generation of Europeans (prior to WWII) were raised with that sort of brutality.

By: Phillip IV

Phillip IV — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 18:01:01 +0000

“NJ kids with Nazi-inspired names removed from home”?

What a wimpish headline.

“Adolf Hitler taken into custody in NJ” – that’s how you sell papers.