اهڙي قسمن جي ٻارن کي "وحشي" يا جهنگلي چئبو آهي. ڪجهہ وحشي ٻارن کي ماڻهن (عام طور تي انهن جي والدين) پاران قيد ڪيو ويندو آهي. ڪجهہ صورتن ۾ ٻارن کي ترڪ ڪرڻ ٻار جي گهڻي ذهني يا جسماني خرابي کي والدين پاران قبول نه ڪرڻ جي ڪري هوندو آهي.
Such children are called "feral" or wild. Some feral children have been confined by people (usually their own parents); in some cases this child abandonment was due to the parents' rejection of a child's severe intellectual or physical impairment.