# Young 'Adolf Hitler' and Two Sisters Removed From Home **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 16, 2009, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/young-adolf-hitler-and-two-sisters-removed-from-home/481537 "2009-01-16T03:07:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2009, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/young-adolf-hitler-and-two-sisters-removed-from-home/481537/1 "2009-01-16T03:07:04Z")
[Anybody got more on this story.](http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,479904,00.html) is the removal because of the naming, or because daddy is cooking up bathtub meth etc? > [@](#): > > “DYFS has their reasons and they normally don’t release any information, so we kind of have to go on faith with them,” Harris said. Police were not told what the agency was investigating. > > “I’ve dealt with the family for years and as far as the children are concerned, I have never had any reports of any abuse with the children,” Harris said. “As far as I know, he’s always been very good with the children.” > > RelatedStories > Little ‘Adolf Hitler’ Denied Birthday Cake at New Jersey Grocery Store Speaking generally, Bernyk said the state’s “decision to remove a child is based on the safety and well being of the child and the risk to that child, and that decision is made in conjunction with the courts and the county family court judge.” > > The Campbells made national news last month when a ShopRite supermarket refused to sell them a birthday cake with Adolf Hitler’s name on it. The story generated a slew of angry Internet chatter. > > Forensic psychologist N.G. Berrill said naming a boy Hitler could be considered child abuse. > > “Part of it is the infantile nature of the parents’ behavior,” Berrill said. "You can name your dog something weird, but they think they’re making some kind of bold statement with the children, not appreciating that the children will have separate lives and will be looked at in a negative light until they’re able to change their name. It is abuse ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2009, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/young-adolf-hitler-and-two-sisters-removed-from-home/481537/2 "2009-01-16T03:26:32Z")
from the article > [@](#): > > New Jersey officials said Wednesday that it is not just a matter of names. > > “DYFS would never remove a child simply based on that child’s name,” Bernyk said. ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2009, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/young-adolf-hitler-and-two-sisters-removed-from-home/481537/3 "2009-01-16T03:30:08Z")
> [@Revtim](#): > > from the article Well… 🆒 rolls mouse page scroll button up and down the page to make sure we catch very last sentence of story next time. ---
**Author:** ![The\_King\_of\_Soup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a87d85/32.png) [@The\_King\_of\_Soup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_King_of_Soup)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2009, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/young-adolf-hitler-and-two-sisters-removed-from-home/481537/4 "2009-01-16T03:39:50Z")
Wow. DYFS does not base decisions on childrens’ names alone, according to DYFS agent Bernyk, who goes on to say that the children are not abused and are well cared for. The news article stretches worldwide to a disinterested New Zealand court, an unaffiliated (and so far as I can tell, uninformed) child psychologist and a couple of similarly ignorant economists, apparently in an attempt to justify a DYFS decision that _is_ based on a child’s name, just in case it turns out that the kid is being raised to be a happy, healthy genocidal maniac. Eventually, facts may surface that make the child’s parents seem unfit, besides their obscene but legal and honestly held beliefs. Pending that, the DYFS is acting the part of the lying, hypocritical type of American bureaucracy. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2009, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/young-adolf-hitler-and-two-sisters-removed-from-home/481537/5 "2009-01-16T04:19:02Z")
There’s another thread on this–you may want to merge. ---
**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2009, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/young-adolf-hitler-and-two-sisters-removed-from-home/481537/6 "2009-01-16T04:45:22Z")
> [@susan](#): > > There’s another thread on this–you may want to merge. [Link](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=501768). ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2009, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/young-adolf-hitler-and-two-sisters-removed-from-home/481537/7 "2009-01-16T05:10:07Z")
> [@susan](#): > > There’s another thread on this–you may want to merge. No, my question was asked and (embarassingly) answered. Best to have a mod close this one.