3. Developmental Problems - Wild children, Teratogens
1. Feral and neglected children
Human babies are born dependant on their parents to supply all their physical and social needs. Â Once in a while, children are discovered who have allegedly not been nurtured by a human parent. Â These children have become known as feral or "Wild Children". Â Watch this video to discover some of the developmental problems associated with lack of parental care.
There have been other cases of neglect, where a child has been raised with out any human contact. Watch the following videos about a 13 year old girl Genie.Â