I know a pair of kids who are similar in nature - socially, they are not mature at all. They are NOT, technically, developmentally disabled, but their emotional development is severely compromised (they are adopted, victims of the typical Romanian orphanage). Going on five, one is barely able to speak and is still not trained, where the other one can communicate but does not respond to discipline and cannot discern right from wrong. Both do not register physical pain and have no measure of their own strength. It is feasible to me that this boy could be similar, which would explain why he was able to survive, and why he is being what most adults would call pig-headed about telling people what happened. He may not even realise that what happened to him was a dangerous, bad thing. He may not have any concept of what he's done, what's going on around him. Most kids like that are almost entirely self-contained.
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Date: 2005-06-23 12:37 am (UTC)I know a pair of kids who are similar in nature - socially, they are not mature at all. They are NOT, technically, developmentally disabled, but their emotional development is severely compromised (they are adopted, victims of the typical Romanian orphanage). Going on five, one is barely able to speak and is still not trained, where the other one can communicate but does not respond to discipline and cannot discern right from wrong. Both do not register physical pain and have no measure of their own strength. It is feasible to me that this boy could be similar, which would explain why he was able to survive, and why he is being what most adults would call pig-headed about telling people what happened. He may not even realise that what happened to him was a dangerous, bad thing. He may not have any concept of what he's done, what's going on around him. Most kids like that are almost entirely self-contained.
Interesting story, nonetheless.