care. the callousness of this policy is so shocking. the chaos and the moral corruption that this administration exhibited in this case. she said that last year the american academy of pediatrics issued a statement of family separations because of psychological effects. highly stressful experiences, disrupting a child s brain architecture and affecting his/her short/long-term health. this is known as toxic stress can carry lifelong consequences for children. and even some of these children, that lifelong consequences may include never seeing their parents again.
they talk about the first two to three first years of life as the most important, the immediate span of time. if you have kids preverbal, you have little children that age being separated from their parents there s no telling what that does to a kid for the rest of their life just in terms of their own development. absolutely. the brain develops most rapidly between birth and three years of age. that s when we want positive experiences and positive relationships to build that brain architecture correctly. what s happening with these kids is that the trauma is causing something we refer to as toxic stress where they are fight or flight hormones are staying high in their system. that keeps them on red alert all the time and disrupts their brain development, disrupts their ability to speak, to gross motor, fine motor movements, to develop relationships from here on out. the fact the president s executive order is allowing for
if you have kids who are preverbal, you have the children of that age being separated from their parents, there s no telling what that does to a kid for the rest of their life. just in terms of their own development. absolutely. so the brain develops most rapidly between birth and three years of age. and that s when we want positive experiences and positive relationships to build that brain architecture correctly. and what s happening with these kids is that the trauma is causing something we refer to as toxic stress where their fight or flight hormones are staying high in their system. and that actually keeps them on red alert all the time and disrupts their brain development, disrupts their ability to speak, to gross motor, fine motor movements, to develop relationships from here on out. the fact the president s executive order is allowing for these families to be reunited but that they may be held
period, of these parents and children. talk about the kind of long-term damage. this is your area of expertise. the kind of long-term damage this kind of traumatic separation can bring to these young children. so what we know is that children experience stress, and we all experience stress. but these very young children experience stress in the form of high levels of cortisol and fight or flight hormones. and in the presence of a parent or a caring adult, they can be soothed and calmed, and those stress hormones can be buffered. but when those stress hormones are allowed to stay untracked by a parent, not buffered by somebody who these children know and love, those levels of chemicals can actually disrupt the neuronal pathways and disrupt the brain architecture
experience stress in the form of high levels of cortisol and fight or flight hormones. and in the presence of a parent or a caring adult, they can be soothed and calmed, and those stress hormones can be buffered. but when those stress hormones are allowed to stay untracked by a parent, not buffered by somebody who these children know and love, those levels of chemicals can actually disrupt the nur ownle pathways and disrupt the brain architecture of these developing children. and it s so important in these very young children because between zero and 3 years of age, the brain is rapidly growing and developing. and we are inhibiting that brain growth through this policy at the most crucial time in these young children s lives. doctor, i can t thank you enough for coming on and explaining some of what we re