A feral child is one who has lived in isolation from others. Feral children do not fit in with society and the social norms of human culture. Modern day instances of feral children are more often cases of severe neglect rather than living out in the wild. Two of the most famous feral child cases include Genie Wiley, a girl from a small California town, discovered in the 1970’s, age thirteen, weighing only sixty pounds and having the mental capacity of an eighteen-month old. Over three decades later, a girl in a similar predicament was found. Danielle Lierow was known as “The Girl in the Window” living in a neglectful and abusive home in Tampa, Florida. A feral child living with extreme neglect early on will show a lifetime of developmental