This term is applied to children that reportedly have been raised by wild animals and isolated from human contact. An example is the wolf children of India.
FERAL CHILDREN: "Feral children are those reportedly raised by animals."
Cite this page: N., Sam M.S., "FERAL CHILDREN," in PsychologyDictionary.org, May 11, 2013, https://psychologydictionary.org/feral-children/ (accessed March 23, 2023).
