F is for Feral Children Part II

<p>Alisha and Will are back to discuss a step-by-step guide for how to straight-up ruin your children. Kidding (kind of). How does language develop in the brain, and what are the consequences of holding it back? And what happens when you lock two infants away on a remote island with no method of learning how to communicate? Is it something nice!? What do you think!?</p> <p> </p> <p>Sources:</p> <p>Books: </p> <p>Savage Girls and Wild Boys (Michael Newton, 2002)</p> <p> </p> <p>Articles:</p> <p>Kaspar Hauser Monument, Ansbach Germany (Atlas Obscura)</p> <p><a href='https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/kaspar-hauser-monument'>https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/kaspar-hauser-monument</a></p> <p> </p> <p>Kaspar Hauser, German Youth (Editors, Encyclopedia Britannica, Apr 2021)</p> <p><a href='https://www.britannica.com/biography/Kaspar-Hauser'>https://www.britannica.com/biography/Kaspar-Hauser</a></p> <p> </p> <p>The Forbidden Experiment (Rebecca Saxe, The Boston Review, Jul 2006)</p> <p><a href='https://bostonreview.net/saxe-the-forbidden-experiment'>https://bostonreview.net/saxe-the-forbidden-experiment</a></p> <p> </p> <p>The Famous Savage Boy of France (Christina Dalcher, History of Yesterday, Aug 2020)</p> <p><a href='https://historyofyesterday.com/the-famous-savage-boy-of-france-a5c03453f0ea'>https://historyofyesterday.com/the-famous-savage-boy-of-france-a5c03453f0ea</a></p> <p> </p> <p>Amala and Kamala</p> <p><a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amala_and_Kamala'>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amala_and_Kamala</a></p> <p> </p> <p>John, el último niño salvaje del siglo (John the last wild boy of the Century) by Isabel Ferrer 1999</p> <p>https://elpais.com/diario/1999/10/17/sociedad/940111201_850215.html</p> <p> </p> <p>Feral children by Michelle Jarman</p> <p><a href='https://www.britannica.com/topic/feral-children'>https://www.britannica.com/topic/feral-children</a></p> <p> </p> <p>Feral: The children raised by wolves - Photography by Julia Fullerton-Batten</p> <p><a href='https://