I think a point that some are missing is that the child herself is, for all intents and purposes, a 3 month old baby with similar needs to a 3 month old baby and always will be.
A three month old baby wants to be held, cuddled, picked up and made to feel safe. this is very important to them and they will want this maybe twenty or thirty times a day.
All of these things are much more likely to happen if the child remains small than if she grew to adult proportions. You simply cannot pick up and rock a 12 stone woman to sleep if she is distressed - well, not easily.
Sure, it makes the parents' lives a lot easier but it also improves the child's quality of life. For that reason alone, I think this treatment is okay in this case.
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