Genie's Therapy

However, a biased opinion does not indicate a false opinion. Experience and observation are depended on each other in order to gain knowledge. To the people who consider looking at to be the best and only option, Lewis states, “If you will only step inside, the things that look to you like instincts and taboos will suddenly reveal their real and transcendental nature” (1). Only considering one point of view can cause someone to be misled which leads to narrowmindedness. One point of view may be inferior depending on the situation but this is not always constant, and both should be considered to develop the most informed understanding.

They live in various dilapidated hotels in Montreal’s red light district. As Karl Marx famously said “[People] make their own history, but they do not make it as they please; they do not make it under self-selected circumstances, but under circumstances existing already, given and transmitted from the past." Likewise, the foundation that affected Baby’s development was fractured prior to her birth. Baby was born in an unstable and derelict environment, paired with minimal parental support from a heroin addicted father, which hindered her childhood development.

Famous entrepreneur and animator, Walt Disney, once said and lived by the following: “I don’t believe in playing down to children. Life is composed of lights and shadows, and we would be untruthful, insincere, and saccharine if we tried to pretend there were no shadows.” Similarly, Jeannette Walls’ memoir, The Glass Castle, expresses how individuals face the world and such experiences on their own, gaining wisdom, despite their age and an apathetic support system. Facing multiple adverse conditions, Rex and Rose Walls kept their family from amassing happiness, substantial wealth-- wasted in alcoholism, and precious time--in attempts to achieve personal goals that put their children’s successes aside. Yet however, the Walls parents never “treated

As a child Ashley was not raised in a great environment, her mother didn’t really pay attention to Ashley’s safety. Ashley is now adopted by the Courter’s, where she is looked after and cared for. Another one of Ashley’s obstacles she had to overcome was being taken away from her family at the age of 3. She didn’t let her past rule over everything, to escape her past she put her thoughts and feelings into her school work. Finally, Ashley was put into an abusive foster care home, but now she uses her experience in that horrible home to help speak out about children's wellness in the foster care system.

Being taking away from her mother was a painful memory that she carries with her every single day hoping that her mother will rescue her. She battles between different caseworkers, shuffled from school to school, dealing with other foster care children, and forced to endure manipulative. In this forgettable memoir, Ashely discovers her voice and was able to succeed in life. After reading this book, I initially felt angry because Ashely was taken from her mother at a young age.

It is obvious that the researchers did not pay much attention to the negative effects brought by the over exposure of Genie. Therefore, Susan’s words were hindsight biased. Another example is how David Rigler stressed the reason they took Genie was because they were very desperate to find Genie a new appropriate home [transcript]. Nevertheless, if we take into account the amount of people that were interested in Genie’s case, it is hard to believe that no one more suitable than Rigler, who is a psychiatrist that is not supposed to get involved as a foster parent, was available to pick up Genie. Moreover, during Genie’s entire four years of stay at Rigler’s, they never intended to send her away for a better foster home.

Gina Kolata displays the view of a patient and how hope affects them. From time to time a patient could obtain high expectations, since they are unable to do anything else, “Many patients ask doctors to give them an unproven treatment” (Kolata). Although patients may contain high expectations, they contain low expectations as well. For the most part, a greater number of patients tend to not surrender and pull

Depending on the person, time, and venue every view of a situation is different. Some people tend to stick to one perspective, never daring to try and see things from another point of view. They can’t see past their nose, so to speak. Others change their perspective often. Sometimes a person's outlook relies on how that person is feeling in the moment.

In the memoir “The Glass Castle” by Jeannette Walls, she, and her siblings live in extreme poverty because of their unfit parents, Rose Mary and Rex, who struggle or lack interest in getting a job. Rose Mary and Rex are unfit to raise four kids because they are both immature and lazy with regard to their parenting. An act of immaturity Rose Mary and Rex shows is when they refuse to receive any forms of federal aid or grants, “Although we were the poorest family on Little Hobart Street, Mom and Dad never applied for welfare or food stamps, and they always refused charity. When teachers gave us bags of clothes from church drives, Mom made us take them back. ‘We can take care of our own,’ Mom and Dad liked to say.

“Secret of the Wild Child” is about the experiences and development of a child that was in solitary confinement for thirteen years. Genie was the name they pinned on the child due to the similarities of being kept in isolation, then suddenly brought out to human society. During the first few months of life, children need to be exposed to other humans who will care and love for them because this creates a set of ideas and attitudes about who they are as independent beings (Brym et al. 2015,96). Genie’s isolation raised the question whether it was too late for her self image to emerge.

…we know for certain … that Lauri and Britta sent her to the Michigan Children’s Aid Society for help. [Her] grandparents were ashamed of and angry with Aileen. Her caseworker noted that she was immature, impulsive, and had no conceptualization of the future.

Without any interaction, Genie is unable to vocalize and displays inhuman characteristics such as clawing and spitting. No sense of self is conceptualize during her childhood causing developmental consequences. However, when she is cared for at the Children’s Hospital, she is given a chance to socialize and gradually

Therefore, a person’s perspective can greatly impact their thoughts, beliefs and actions.

Thirteen-year-old Genie was found tied to a potty chair on November 4th, 1970, wearing a diaper and unable to talk. Unaware of the outside world and societal norms, Genie was known as the first modern wild child. Genie was locked in her basement for almost her complete life, unable to learn from others and have the opportunity to mentally develop. Through her attempts at rehabilitation by a number of doctors, Genie was able to learn social norms, develop a sense of self and expand her agents of socialization. As Genie learned and explored her new community, she was qualified to adapt to some societal norms.

Most four year old girls are glued to the TV watching Disney movies, aspiring to become their favorite princesses. As soon as my mother left the living room on that Saturday morning, with a click of a button, I was on an entirely foreign channel that normally wouldn’t capture a young child’s attention. My eyes fluttered across the screen as images of children without hair were introduced, explaining such a big concept to my little mind. The Saint Jude’s Telethon ran for many hours, making my mother concerned that I was exposed to something so devastating. I refused to let her turn it off even though tears ran down my cheeks.