that a child who was potty-trained will now be wetting the bed. a child who was eager to play with other children or run around will be clingy and will withdrawn and won't go play. they may have had a great speech. they may regress and not want to speak. they will look withdrawn, they will have flat affects. the long term, when children get this afraid, those stress hormones are flooding and bathing their brain, their heart, every organ. and that changes the brain structure, it changes the heart, it changes everything and if you have children who were separated for just 72 hours or less, if that reaction is going on, children -- that's an eternity