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It's called Munchhausen-By-Proxy Syndrome.
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actually its not. MBPS typically centers around creating a medical condition for your child where you earn credit, sympathy and attention. a superb example is the scene in The Sixth Sense where the 'i see dead people' kid gives a video tape to the father of the girl that died. on that tape it shows the mother putting liquid drano, or something like that, in the girl's soup before feeding to to her so she could get all the attention from her friends and relatives for being so devoted and taking such good care of her terminally ill daughter.
also the 'by proxy' term indicates that you are using another person for your needs. in the scenario indicated by viveleroi0, he himself earns both the hero moniker and attention of the damsel through his own actions.