Government intervention is a slippery slope, especially when it comes to taking a mother or father away from their children. In most cases, family means the world to a parent and separating them would mean the end for them. Although eating disorders are extremely dangerous and can develop at any age, parents should not be removed from their home and family for this reason. If the eating disorder has grown exponentially and affects the child intensely and immediately, parents should stay home and fight together. It is the government's job to assign a social worker to the case, who can outline a "plan". This plan should outline direct and immediate steps on a path to defeating the disorder. The government should intervene to check the level of severity and how it affects the entire family. If you can develop a plan to assist them, then this is the right solution. Achieving something together can be great for morale and trust as a family unit. Removing a parent from a home can have terrible effects on the family, while staying together and working things out can help them grow. In a study conducted by Mental Health, doctors tried to find out how an eating disorder can have negative effects on the family and how family unification is beneficial to them. The main aim of the study was to give parents more say in order to develop new understandings of their experience resulting in better clinical decision making. This solution is certainly better than eliminating the parents all together. Every family functions differently, which is why government intervention must obviously be implemented, but limited. A social worker should be hired to understand the details of the f......middle of paper......mier. Network. February 18, 2010.2ZQ%3d%3d#db=aph&AN=21508988%23db=aph&AN=21508988%23db=aph&AN=21508988%23db=aph&AN=21508988>.Loth, Katie A, Dianne Neumark-Sztainer, and Jillian K. Croll . “Informing Family Approaches to Eating Disorder Prevention: Perspectives from Those Who Have Been There.” International Journal of Eating Disorders Vol. 42. Issue 2 (2009): p146-152. Premier of academic research. Network. 18 February 2010. detail?vid=4&hid=11&sid=2d659e01-bba4-4a80-823b-3191dbf94ac8%40sessionmgr13&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl 2ZQ%3d%3d#db=aph&AN=36461439>.Natens hon, Abigail H. When Your Child Eats Disorder . San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Inc. Publishers, 1999. Page No. Press.