New ADAA Blog Post: Where are Mommy and Daddy?! The Traumatic Impact of Separating Families

[ADAATeamLise]

By ADAA member Jenny Yip, PsyD, ABPP

"...The current border crisis where children are being forcibly separated from their parents has many of us wondering about the impact of such a practice. As a child psychologist who understands the effects of trauma on a child’s mental health, cognitive and emotional development, physical health, social adjustment, interpersonal formation, and academic challenges, I am disheartened by what these innocent children have been experiencing. As a mother, I am filled with anguish when imagining the utter fear and terror of a child being pulled away from the safety of a parent or loved one..." Read more: adaa.org/learn-from-us/from...

[fauxartist]

We have just shown the world to what extent this government was willing to go....internment camp for babies in abandon Walmarts.....what's next? We know what happend in WWII, and said never again.... These ICE spokes people have said the logistics of getting these kids back to their parents isn't even possible at this point...