A little clarification on the resent story.
Police, DYFS officials and a court spokeswoman declined to reveal the exact reasons the children were removed from their home, citing confidentiality, but a child protection official indicated it was not because of the children's names.
"I can say we become involved when there is an allegation of abuse or neglect, and remove a child only if there is an imminent risk to the safety of child," she said. "We would never remove a child simply based on their name."
One of the family's neighbors said she had been called by DYFS to testify at a hearing Thursday but said she had not witnessed any "sexual or physical abuse."
"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.
http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=6648877&page=1
Now to speculate a little more. Here is a father who isolated the kids, gave them these unusual names, and was unemployed and getting government assistance to pay his rent. Those are the facts.
Here is the speculation:
From what I've heard Skin Head Neo Nazi types blame minorities and immigrants from taking white american jobs and generally taking over the country which is probably what he was drilling into his kids as the reason for their financial situation. That coupled with being isolated from other kids and their unusual names which chances are they would get flack from other kids when ever they were around them would be the perfect breeding ground for little Adolf to fufill his names legacy. Again speculation but I don't think I'm very far off.
It is good to know for sure that the actions of the local government were not taken strictly on the basis of a name. However in this case the names could have very well served as a red flag to more serious matters.
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