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Yes infants who are not held or touched enough can die. When children fail to thrive it is usually a sign that they have been neglected or abused.

We adopted a 12-yr. old girl from the state foster system back in 2000. OMG what a mistake! The child was feral in many ways and severely emotionally disturbed. Her worse and most severe issue was attachment disorder. After almost three years we could no longer safely manage her in our home, and made the extremely difficult decision to disrupt the adoption. Even though it has been almost six years, I am still heart-broken about how things turned out.