A feral child is a human child who has lived away from human contact from a very young age, and has little or no experience of human care, loving or social behavior, and human language. Feral children are confined by humans, brought up by animals, or live in the wild in isolation. In cases where feral children are found, they are not capable of developing the ability to understand language and speak said language. There have been numerous cases of feral children that were found and attempted to be put back into society. One of the most notable case of a feral child was a young boy from France named Victor. Victor lived in the woods around Saint-Sernin-sur-Rance in France. He was caught and given to people to be cared for, but escaped back into the forest where he would live a few more years. In 1800 he was found and given to French physician, Jean Marc Gaspard Itard. Itard spent five years caring for Victor and attempted to teach him language and empathy. At first Victor showed significant progress in understanding simple words and language,…
Feral Children A feral child, also known as a wild child, is one who has “lived away from human contact from a very young age” (Keith, 2008). Some are raised by wild animals, others are left in the wild to survive on their own or isolated by humans, usually their own parents. Of the numerous cases of wild children that have been found, not one is exactly alike. Most cannot speak a language perceived by any other human, and have little to no social behavior. Many do not walk up right and do not…
Feral children, also known as wild children, are children who have grown up with little to no human contact. They are unaware of social human behaviour and language. This leads the children having delays in the development of their neural and psychological systems which support socio-emotional functioning. There are also ethical issues that arise when attempting to re-socialise a feral child. It is important for these children to be reintroduced into human life slowly and given sufficient care…
Social development is fundamentally important, not just for children’s social relationships but also for their cognitive and even physical development (Gerhardt, 2006). The focus of this concern has been the consequences of withdrawing children from social interaction and progress that are highlighted by the examples of feral children and Romanian orphans. The concept of a protective environment is presented in correlation and it is outlined how this can help reduce the impact of isolation and…
It may be difficult for the boys to convert back into their everyday life in society after the traumatic experiences they encountered on the island. There are some cases in which feral or abandoned children are rehabilitated or put back into society but most cases are unsuccessful. Many of the boys in this book will probably suffer from PTSD when they go back home, and this may have a negative effect on the way they fit back into society as citizens. Also, social expectations of the society back…
These children grow up depicted without any connection with the people, instead, they are taught about the unique survival instinct of wolves, lions, bears. Of course, so that they lack the ability to communicate the basics of humanity. In human history, the phenomenon of children being nurtured wild is not too rare. For example, a book of German history has written about the strange boy, was discovered on July 27, 1724. This is a 12 years old boy who live at the village, town Hamelin (Germany)…
The word feral is defined as something wild. When we think about the word wild, we tend to think of something that is untamed, or not cultivated. A feral child, on the other hand, is a label for those human children who grew up in isolation, and had no human contact from a very young age. These children are seen being raised up by animals because they were left abandoned and as a result, they have little or no experience of human care, behavior, or of human language. Many assume that writers…
Cultural and Socioeconomic Factors and Development The purpose of this essay is to analyze the case study of a “wild child”. By doing so, the researcher will identify the socioeconomic factors that may affect the physical and motor development of children from birth to eight years of age. The researcher will explain how a child’s development correlates to the quality of their education (e.g., language and cognitive development). The researcher will also…
advocates’ reliance on the “underdeveloped brain” arguement. If brain development were the reason, then teens would kill at roughly the same rate all over the world. They do not” (Jenkins 91). The brain is not fully developed at age 25 but before those years it is being developed; before those years one is adapting to the world surrounding them. Every child lives in a different house hold, some grow up in a single parent home, drugged parents or even in a home where they are abused; not every…
system, and the juvenile court system. Historical Makeup The first law in India that separated juveniles from adults as a special category all their own was the Apprentice Act of 1850 which required children…