164 Reviews
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 N0VLAX rated 4 weeks agopsychology - Very Touching,
- lekahe rated 7 weeks agopsychology
- Dani, 9, has a new family now, and a new chance at life thanks to her brother William, 10, and parents Diane and Bernie Lierow
- meeeeeeee rated 8 weeks agopsychology
- Simply unbelievable story about the neglect and recovery of a young girl.
"In the first five years of life, 85 percent of the brain is developed," said Armstrong, the psychologist who examined Danielle. "Those early relationships, more than anything else, help wire the brain and provide children with the experience to trust, to develop language, to communicate. They need that system to relate to the world."
- workingauthor rated 8 weeks agopsychology
- well-written and touching story. best of luck to the Dani and her new family
- moonbeamzapper rated 8 weeks agopsychology
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The girl in the window
What an amazing story of a feral child! I admit.. I feel sorry for the son as well.
- timnull rated 8 weeks agopsychology, child-abuse
- From the page:
[Danielle] was almost 7 years old.
She weighed 46 pounds. She was malnourished and anemic. In the pediatric intensive care unit they tried to feed the girl, but she couldn't chew or swallow solid food. So they put her on an IV and let her drink from a bottle.
Aides bathed her, scrubbed the sores on her face, trimmed her torn fingernails. They had to cut her tangled hair before they could comb out the lice.
Her caseworker determined that she had never been to school, never seen a doctor. She didn't know how to hold a doll, didn't understand peek-a-boo. "Due to the severe neglect," a doctor would write, "the child will be disabled for the rest of her life."
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Where is Danielle two years later?
"Dani, 9, has a new family now, and a new chance at life thanks to her brother William, 10, and parents Diane and Bernie Lierow."
- pharmdeb53 rated 8 weeks agopsychology
- Dani, 9, has a new family now and a chance at life. PLEASE TAKE TIME TO READ THIS STORY
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