To date no broad-based scientific studies have been made on the cause, incidence and general impact of paraphilic infantilism on society at large.

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The exact origins of the nicknames "adult baby" and "AB/DL" are difficult to determine, but there is evidence to suggest that these names have been in kink community for decades. As such, the struggle against infantilisation has always formed a part of feminist, anti-racist, disability justice and anti-colonial movements, which recognised that there is no better way to rob people of agency than treating them as something lesser than an adult. I'm not by any means suggesting leave if that is not what you want, but what I am saying is you will have to a plan in place if the issue can not be resolved sufficiently to protect your children from this sort of behaviour as i should imagine it would come under a safeguarding issue. Sometimes, it’s less about pretending to be a child and more about harking back to a lost adolescence: narrativising your life like it’s a John Green novel or an episode of Euphoria, bragging about crazzzy exploits like smoking cigarettes on a swing or doing cocaine on a Thursday; hitting 30 and still considering yourself “precocious”. With a light weight, high thread count breathable fabric both the short sleeve and the long sleeve can be worn year round with layering or by them selves.

Paraphilic infantilism is often associated with diaper fetishism, a separate but related kink or form of expression in which people derive pleasure or ecstasy from themselves or others wearing or using diapers, without necessarily involving any form of ageplay. That said, even if the economy is foisting an extended adolescence on us, we can still choose to assert our dignity and refuse to become “baby adults” or 26-year-old teenagers, helpless and dependent.