Feral Child Case Study

In cases of severe isolation from an early age, a child’s development is significantly delayed. These isolated children, known as feral children, go through the first crucial years of their life without any contact with others. A child who grows up without any social interaction causes a child to be unable to learn. This is because children follow by example and without an adult, or any other person around, a child has no one to learn from. In the case of the feral child, Genie,after being tied to a potty chair for about 10 years, she was finally rescued and taken to a children's hospital. Genie was unable to walk and talk, lacking these skills was extremely common in other feral child cases. Such as Anna and Isabelle, two feral children who grew up almost the same way, but their lives turned out very different. Anna had absolutely no contact with anyone for the first 6 years of her life. As a result of her isolation, Anna had ever learned to speak or move around at all. After 4 years Anna was taught simple commands and words but was never fully able to communicate to a normal 10 year old’s level. Anna died when she was 10. Isabelle was able to communicate with her mother through gestures and therefore was not
The absence of socialization causes a child to be unable to completely, cognitively develop. This is because, without socialization, a child has no was to learn the skills that are taught by parents, teachers, and peers, such as walking and talking. A lack of socialization prevents children from learning how to learn. Feral children have no way of learning, without any example to follow. Language, walking, and basic skills such as feeding yourself, are not natural abilities, they are learned by watching people around you and having others there to push you. Feral children teach you just how important socialization is for developing minds. Without it, development is severely delayed and never able to fully