THE STORY OF GENIE
Genie is the name used for a feral child discovered by a social worker in Los Angeles, California. From the age of twenty months Genie’s father chained her to a potty-chair and isolated her in a room. When she was found, she was severely malnourished and almost mute. When her case brought some interest to scientists, she became the focus of an investigation to discover if there was a critical age for the development of language in children. Since then Genie has been staying in an adult foster home. Genie’s story has given a rude awakening to everyone who hears it and is inspiring to anyone who supports child abuse. Genie is a modern-day “wild child.”
At the age of twenty months Genie was just learning how to speak when her doctor told her parents that she appeared to be slightly retarded. Genie’s father took his advice to the extreme, believing she was retarded. He then chained her to a potty-chair twenty-four hours a day. At night, if he would......

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