REEDLEY, CA – OCTOBER 20: Seventeen year-old Marissa Hamilton (R) laughs with her friend Mary Healy (L) as they do chores at Wellspring Academy October 20, 2009 in Reedley, California. Struggling with her weight, seventeen year-old Marissa Hamilton enrolled at the Wellspring Academy, a special school that helps teens and college level students lose weight along with academic courses. When Marissa first started her semester at Wellspring she weighed in at 340 pounds and has since dropped over 40 pounds of weight in the first two months of the program. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 16 percent of children in the US ages 6-19 years are overweight or obese, three times the amount since 1980.
Justin Sullivan/Getty ImagesCan you imagine?! Calling your the police on your own family because you're mad you have to do chores. Apparently the teen wasn't feeling well but his father did NOT care and wanted him to do a few chores around the house. His son even said he was about to have an emotional breakdown because of the long list he had to get through...
Cops told the boy he could take a break, but needed to finish his chores at a later that day.
