Immigrant children and toxic stress

The World

What are the potential health impacts on children who have been separated from their families at the border? The World’s Rupa Shenoy speaks with Dr. Jack Shonkoff, an expert on toxic stress in children, about what the kids separated from their parents might be experiencing.

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