Feral Children

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Video & Podcasts

1.  Feral Children | National Geographic Channel

2.  Feral Children | Watch Documentary Online for Free

3.  Feral Children part 1 - YouTube

4.  Feral Children part 3 - YouTube

5.  Feral Children part 5 - YouTube

6.  Genie (Secret of the Wild Child) - YouTube

7.  Genie Wiley - TLC Documentary (2003) - YouTube

8.  Secret of the Wild Child | Watch Documentary Online for Free

9.  Secret of the Wild Child part 1 - YouTube

10.  Wild Child The Story Of Feral Children HD - YouTube

Books from Los Angeles Public Library

1.  Benzaquén, Adriana S.Encounters with wild children : temptation and disappointment in the study of human nature.Montreal :McGill-Queen's University Press,[2006].

2.  Burger, John R.Children of the wild.New York :Messner,c1978.

3.  Candland, Douglas K.Feral children and clever animals : reflections on human nature.New York :Oxford University Press,1993.

4.  Farmer, Philip José.Mother was a lovely beast; a feral man anthology, fiction and fact about humans raised by animals.Radnor, Pa.,:Chilton Book Co.,[1974].

5.  Gesell, Arnold.Wolf child and human child; being a narrative interpretation of the life history of Kamala, the wolf girl; based on the diary account of a child who was reared by a wolf and who then lived for nine years in the orphanage of Midnapore, in the province of B.New York,:Harper & Brothers,[c1941].

6.  Kidd, Kenneth B.Making American boys : boyology and the feral tale.Minneapolis :University of Minnesota Press,c2004.

7.  Landau, Elaine.Wild children : growing up without human contact.New York :Franklin Watts,c1998.

8.  Malson, Lucien.Wolf children and the problem of human nature.New York,:Monthly Review Press,[1972].

9.  Newton, Michael.Savage girls and wild boys : a history of feral children.New York :Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press,2003.

10.  Singh, J. A. L.Wolf-children and feral man,.[Hamden, Conn.]:Archon Books,1966 [c1942].

Websites and Online Articles

1.  10 famous cases of feral children: http://listverse.com/2008/03/07/10-modern-cases-of-feral-children/

2.  Feral Children anthropology resource resource by anthropologist Mary-Ann Ochota

  1. Gale Encyclopedia of Childhood and Adolescence: Feral Children - A brief article citing several famous cases and the controversies about human nature to which they are relevant.
  2. H2G2 - Feral Children - An introductory article with brief overviews of four famous cases.
  3. Neuroscience for Kids: Feral Children - A lesson about feral children written for children, including a list of films about real and fictional cases.
  4. Savage Girls and Wild Boys: A History of Feral Children - An introduction to the subject, taken and edited from the book of the same title by Michael Newton.
  5. Tampa Bay Times: The Girl in the Window - The story of Danielle, a severely neglected child found in 2005 at the age of six. (July 31, 2008)
  6. Jacksonville.com: Metro: Teen found caged; parents held - The adoptive parents of a 17-year-old boy who was found locked in a crib suffering from psychosocial dwarfism are charged with felony child neglect. (March 09, 2005)
  7. Siberian boy, 7, raised by dogs after parents abandoned him - A report of a Russian boy apparently raised by the family dog after being abandoned by his parents. (August 04, 2004)

10.  From Monkey Boy to Choir Boy - An article about John Ssebunya, an orphan boy apparently reared by apes in the African jungle who was brought to Britain in 1999. (October 06, 1999)

11.  The Development of Language: A Critical Period in Humans ...

12.  Neuroscience for Kids: Feral Children

13.  Neurobiology of Language Research Group at UCLA: Feral child ...

14.  Handbook of Autism and Pervasive Developmental Disorders, ...

15.  A Neurobiological Theory and Method of Language Acquisition

16.  Feral Children: The Genuine Existence of Humans Who Grow Up in ...

17.  Feral and Autistic Children: - Carolyn Ford Burac

18.  The Development of Social Engagement : Neurobiological ...

19.  Language Acquisition of Feral Children

20.  Biological basis of emotions: Brain systems and brain development

21.  “Wild child”: how three principles of healing organized 12 years of psychotherapy

22.  Cry of an enfant sauvage

23.  Extreme social isolation of a child [JSTOR article]

Google Scholar

1.  Bruno Bettelheim, "Feral Children and Autistic Children", The American Journal of Sociology, Vol. 64, No. 5. (Mar., 1959), pp. 455-467.

2.  Plutarch; John Dryden (translator). "Romulus". Retrieved November 29, 2009. Cite uses deprecated parameters (help)

3.  Deal, Bama Lutes (2005-04-01). "Chapter 2: Feral Children and Wranitzky’s Pantomime-Ballet Das Waldmädchen (1796)" (PDF). The Origin and Performance History of Carl Maria von Weber's Das Waldmädchen (1800). Florida State University. p. 16. Retrieved 2007-06-18.

4.  Brian Haughton. "The Unsolved Mystery of Kaspar Hauser - Wild Child of Europe". Mysterious People. Retrieved 2007-07-14.

5.  "Naked man deepens mystery of jungle girl". The Sydney Morning Herald. 2007-01-22. Retrieved 2007-07-14.

6.  James, Susan Donaldson (May 7, 2008). "Wild Child 'Genie': A Tortured Life". ABCnews.com. Archived from the original on April 23, 2013. Retrieved March 4, 2013.

7.  "Secret of the Wild Child". NOVA. Season 22. Episode 2. PBS. October 18, 1994. OCLC 57894649. PBS (United States), BBC (United Kingdom). Archived from the original on November 9, 2012. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/transcripts/2112gchild.html. Retrieved February 12, 2009.

8.  Grice, Elizabeth (2006-07-17). "Cry of an infant savage". London: Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 2007-07-14.

9.  "From monkey boy to choir boy". BBC News. 1999-10-06. Retrieved 2007-07-14.

10.  Jan McGirk (2001-06-20). "Modern-day Mowgli found scavenging with pack of wild dogs". The Independent. Retrieved 2007-07-14.

11.  "Wolf boy is welcomed home by mother after years in the wild". Daily Telegraph (London). 2002-04-14. Retrieved 2007-07-14.

12.  Andrew Osborn (2004-08-04). "Abandoned boy said to have been raised by a dog". New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 2007-07-14.

13.  "'Wild Cambodia jungle-girl' found". BBC News. 2007-01-19. Retrieved 2007-07-14.

14.  Watts, Jonathan (2007-01-23). "Wild child?". The Guardian (London). Retrieved 2010-05-02.

15.  "Boy found in Uzbekistan after eight years of animal existence". Russian News & Information Agency. 2007-03-01. Retrieved 2007-07-14.

16.  DeGregory, Lane (2008-08-10). "The Girl in the Window: Authorities Had Discovered the Rarest and Most Pitiable of Creatures: A Feral Child.". The Columbus Dispatch. Retrieved 2008-08-17.

17.  Cockcroft, Lucy (2008-02-28). "Russian 'bird-boy' discovered in aviary". Telegraph. Retrieved 2013-09-27.

18.  Tony Halpin; Jenny Booth (May 27, 2009). "Feral girl in Siberian city of Chita was brought up by cats and dogs". Times (London). Cite uses deprecated parameters (help)

19.  "Russian Police Find Feral Girl In Siberia". Planet Ark. 2009-05-28.

20.  Ruhani Kaur,, Lhendup G Bhutia. "Mizoram’s Wild Flower". Open Magazine. Retrieved 20 August 2012.

Academic Search Premiere

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  1. Moorhouse, Roger. "Peter The Wild Boy." History Today 60.4 (2010): 17-19. Academic Search Premier. Web. 28 Feb. 2014. http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=48974020&site=ehost-live
  2. CULEA, MIHAELA. "Addressing The Age-Old Question Of Human Perfectibility In Daniel Defoe's Mere Nature Delineated: Or, A Body Without A Soul." Brno Studies In English 39.1 (2013): 199-209. Academic Search Premier. Web. 28 Feb. 2014. http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=94377128&site=ehost-live
  3. Kemp, Martin. "The Human Animal." History Today 57.11 (2007): 34-41. Academic Search Premier. Web. 28 Feb. 2014. http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=27335766&site=ehost-live
  4. Gerstein, Mordicai. "Who The Wild Things Are: The Feral Child In Fiction." Horn Book Magazine 75.6 (1999): 721-726. Academic Search Premier. Web. 28 Feb. 2014. http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=2436254&site=ehost-live
  5. Illes, Judy, and Emily R. Murphy. "Chimeras Of Nurture." American Journal Of Bioethics 7.5 (2007): 1-2. Academic Search Premier. Web. 28 Feb. 2014. http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=25084796&site=ehost-live
  6. Cavalli, Alessandra. "Casper Or ‘The Cabinet Of Horrors’." Journal Of Analytical Psychology 52.5 (2007): 607-623. Academic Search Premier. Web. 28 Feb. 2014. http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=27182542&site=ehost-live
  7. Comrie, Bernard. "From Potential To Realization: An Episode In The Origin Of Language." Linguistics 38.5 (2000): 989. Academic Search Premier. Web. 28 Feb. 2014. http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=8939547&site=ehost-live
  8. Wright, Stephen. "Growing up lost. (Cover story)." Nursing Standard 19 Sept. 2007: 26. Academic Search Premier. Web. 28 Feb. 2014. http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=27019785&site=ehost-live

ProQuest Research Library [requires LAPL library card]

1.  The true stories of real life feral children on raised wild (2014). . Mumbai: Athena Information Solutions Pvt. Ltd. Retrieved from http://ezproxy.lapl.org/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1477900625?accountid=6749

2.  Grant, E. (2013, Aug 28). A very german myth: Feral boys and the conflict between civilization and culture. OpenDemocracy. Retrieved from http://ezproxy.lapl.org/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1428354851?accountid=6749

3.  LaFreniere, P. (2013). Children's play as a context for managing physiological arousal and learning emotion regulation. Psychological Topics, 22(2), 183-204. Retrieved from http://ezproxy.lapl.org/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1469441226?accountid=6749

4.  Moore, C. (2013). Animals behind bars. Law Enforcement Technology, 40(4), 12-16. Retrieved from http://ezproxy.lapl.org/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1353350498?accountid=6749

5.  Finch, C. E. (2012). Evolution of the human lifespan, past, present, and future: Phases in the evolution of human life expectancy in relation to the inflammatory Load1. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, 156(1), 9-44. Retrieved from http://ezproxy.lapl.org/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1266033517?accountid=6749

6.  Miralpeix, I., Birdsong, D., & Muñoz, C. (2011). Age effects on second language acquisition: Critical issues under debate. Language Teaching, 44(1), 122-132. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0261444810000364

7.  Can science shape human values? and should it? (2010). . Washington, D.C.: National Public Radio. Retrieved from http://ezproxy.lapl.org/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/762721277?accountid=6749

8.  Dierolf, K.,M.A.P.C.C., & McKergow, M.,PhD.M.B.A. (2009). The grammar of neuroscience: What can and cannot be said about brains and minds. InterAction, 1(1), 42-54. Retrieved from http://ezproxy.lapl.org/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1029929764?accountid=6749

9.  Beem, E. A. (2008). The rescue of a feral child. Photo District News, 28(11), 16-21. Retrieved from http://ezproxy.lapl.org/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/202872266?accountid=6749

10.  Garrison-Sprenger, N. (2008). Exploring stories off the BEATEN PATH. The Quill, 96(8), 23-25. Retrieved from http://ezproxy.lapl.org/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/219750318?accountid=6749

11.  Rendon, M. (2008). Psychoanalysis, a bridge between attachment research and neurobiology. American Journal of Psychoanalysis, 68(2), 148-55. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/ajp.2008.4

12.  Aggression; research reports from tufts university provide new insights into aggression. (2008). Medicine & Law Weekly, , 19. Retrieved from http://ezproxy.lapl.org/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/229005958?accountid=6749

13.  Doherty, B. (2002, 11). Publishing's feral child: Adam parfrey sheds light on the dark sides of life. Reason, 34, 46-52. Retrieved from http://ezproxy.lapl.org/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/203380759?accountid=6749

14.  Clancy, J. (2001, Dec 25). The feral children's crusade. The Village Voice. Retrieved from http://ezproxy.lapl.org/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/232273038?accountid=6749

15.  Gerstein, M. (1999). Who the wild things are: The feral child in fiction. The Horn Book Magazine, 75(6), 721-726. Retrieved from http://ezproxy.lapl.org/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/199333022?accountid=6749

16.  Kidd, K. (1996). Men who run with wolves, and the women who love them: Child study and compulsory heterosexuality in feral child films. The Lion and the Unicorn, 20(1), 90-112,153-154. Retrieved from http://ezproxy.lapl.org/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/750483048?accountid=6749

17.  A natural education - feral children and clever animals: Re. (1993). Nature, 366(6453), 375. Retrieved from http://ezproxy.lapl.org/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/204447131?accountid=6749

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