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Old 05-28-2008, 06:33 PM   #8 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Honeywith4bees View Post
Babies can die from lack of love. It's called "failure to thrive". In fact, in Romanian orphanages, three and four year old children are so stunted and deformed that they are dying. They have all been properly cared for nutritionally and medically, but there are simply too few people to hold and nurture them.
I was going to mention that, but I think it's very different than what Jaime is talking about. Maybe not though.

I wonder too if just holding them is enough or if there actually has to be love behind it?
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