Blueangel. Stop Stop Stop.
You are seeking to redefine the argument on the basis of an unproven/unsuggested presuppositon. You have not shown that there is even the smallest chance this kid has PW syndrome.
Nor have you made any reference to the myriad other symptoms that a PW-child would be blatantly manifesting all her life.
You persist in defending these parents for no discernible reason. Do they pay you?
Also, if the child had a medical problem, the parents would be even more at fault for not treating the child properly.
If they have just overfed an otherwise healthy kid . . that makes them simply stupid.
If they have failed to treat an underlying medical condition . . . that makes them stupid and malicious.
To change the situation a bit, if the child had some bacterial infection that made her fat, and required life long medication, I doubt you would be sympathetic to the parents if they didn't give her the medication because the child complained and she had uncomfortable side effects.
Oh, and hasn't the child lost a lot of weight? From restricting her calories?
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Originally Posted by blueangel
HOWEVER-- With PW Syndrome, a child must be put on an EXTREMELY limited low calorie diet. Feeding her normally will make a child obese.
Have you ever skipped a few meals and felt what it's like to have hunger pains? To have such a need to eat that it's painful? That's what people with PW feel like all the time.
Now, imagine you have a child with PW who is in pain all the time because she always feels like she's being starved. Then add to that -- that you must only feed her a few hundred calories a day. Do you realize how difficult that can be for a parent?
If the parents are just over feeding her, and nothing is medically wrong with the child.. then yes, I agree.. that is abuse. However, if she has PW or another disorder, then I wouldn't be so quick to put blame on the parents.
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