Doctor: Stolen children 'were terrified that their world would be broken for a second time'
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A pediatric emergency physician who treated three toddlers separated from their parents at the border by the Trump administration has written a horrifying account of the children’s trauma. The children, between ages one and two, were with experienced fostDoctor: Stolen children 'were terrified that their world would be broken for a second time'
A pediatric emergency physician who treated three toddlers separated from their parents at the border by the Trump administration has written a horrifying account of the children’s trauma. The children, between ages one and two, were with experienced foster families who, Dr. Tara Neubrand wrote on Facebook, seemed to have real concern and care for them. Nonetheless, they were devastated: «Children this age are rambunctious. They climb on everything, they put things in their mouth that they're not supposed to, they begin to explore the world away from their parents, they begin to seek and to find the limits of their world,» Neubrand wrote in a lengthy Facebook post Monday, which has since gone viral. But the three children who were removed from their parents somewhere along the border «clung so tightly, and so completely, to their foster mothers, both in the ED [emergency department] and at home, that they were literally unable to be put down. They didn't explore the world, they were terrified that their world would be broken for a second time. Their trauma, and the direct effect it was having on their development, was obvious.» And these are the lucky ones. The ones who have foster parents who have dealt with traumatized children before—though not, apparently this much trauma—and who hold them at all times because putting them down leaves them wailing and crying. The ones whose foster parents care enough to say things like “I'm just trying not to ruin his life. He screams every day for his papa, and I don't even know where his papa is.” These are the migrant children who aren’t in cages, and this is their trauma. Now imagine how bad it is for the unlucky ones. We have to fight for these children. Can you give $3 to help reunite them with their parents? Read more