Children who are ripped away from their parents experience toxic stress. The "fight-or-flight" response is prolonged in their little bodies. Negative long-term effects can appear later in life. Suicide, depression, and chronic disease are greatly influenced by toxic stress.
In the short-term, it’s simply child abuse. Children regress mentally and physically. This is unacceptable treatment of children.
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The promise of a better life in these United States holds appeal for refugees who flee horrible conditions. They seek basic needs and life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Children are brought here in hopes of a better life.
Listen as Dr. Janine Young joins Melanie Cole, MS, to discuss the effects of this separation on children’s health.
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Dr. Janine Young is a general pediatrician and Medical Director of one of the four refugee clinics in Colorado. She is on the board of the Colorado chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics. She was an undergraduate at Columbia University, received her medical training at Harvard Medical School, and pediatric residency training at the Boston Combined Program and UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland.