In response to Swiftman, you're quite right, it's just a problem that should never have come to be in the first place had such prudent advises been taken sooner.
::chuckles:: In response to Swiftman and Lazlo, the "starving" example was just that, an example. They won't starve, anyway. Most animals become unbelievably desparate when faced with extreme hunger, but the child would cave long before then anyway. Parental lethargy was something my advice included getting rid of, so it's a bit redundant to bring it up as my advice is only useful if you start before/as the problem starts. o.O The key is not to become a "habitual enabler" if it's already in motion.
If the problem is truly out of your hands though, all you have to do is send them and the rest of the plague-minded masses on the "First Ever Manned Expedition to the Sun!" Works every time. ::sunglasses flash:: Oh my did I just say that?
Zaijian,
Tiger
