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The Little Girl Found Living Like An Animal

The Oprah Winfrey Show: The Podcast

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What happens to a child who grows up with virtually no contact with other human beings? No parenting, no love, no affection, no touching? Nearly everything we learn about being human comes from the people who raise us. Experts say that we can learn a lot about our own humanity by studying children who have been robbed of theirs. This emaciated boy from Honduras named Jason weighed only 15 pounds. Even though he looks like a two-year-old, he is nine. Rescued in March, Jason is gaining weight and is now learning to crawl.

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