Yanking a parent-child dyad apart…what happens?

Judith Pentz MD
Sep 6, 2018 · 6 min read

We’re seeing consistent theme in the immigrant crisis in news reports now. A boy, age 4, has walked, hitched rides and ridden trains for about three months from Honduras with his mother. He is tired and scared at times but he could see his mom being hopeful about getting to the United States border. Life back home had become too unsafe for the family. They already had lost his father due the gang violence…

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