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Taking kids from parents at the border could affect development, experts sa

The president of the American Academy of Pediatrics getting into the immigration controversy, calling the separation of children from their parents at the border "child abuse."

Children’s mental health experts say the emotional harm kids experience in such situations will have a long-term effect on their brain development. The toxic stress of being torn from stability disrupts brain architecture, which can hamper language, social-emotional bonds and gross motor skills.

“If it’s under this level of uncertainly or unpredictability, the potential for psychological impact is much, much greater,” Lurie Children’s psychiatrist Dr. John Walkup said.

And while there are recordings of children crying, many children are silent in the detention centers when the constants in their life disappear.


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