ニューヨーク・タイムズのインスタグラム(nytimes) - 7月31日 21時44分

Before they were separated at the border when they arrived in the U.S. from Brazil, Ana Carolina Fernandes’s son loved playing with the Minion characters from the “Despicable Me” movies. His new favorite game: patting down and shackling “migrants” with plastic cuffs. After being separated from his mother for 50 days, Thiago isn’t the same boy, she said. The 5-year-old — who was photographed here by @heislerphoto — is among nearly 3,000 children who were forcibly removed from a parent at the border this spring. More than 1,800 of them have been reunited with their parents. But many are exhibiting signs of anxiety, introversion, regression and other mental health issues. “There is no greater threat to a child’s emotional well-being than being separated from a primary caregiver,” said Johanna Bick, a psychology professor at the @universityofhouston who studies adverse experiences in childhood. Like Thiago, about 10% of the children who were removed from a parent were placed with a foster family. Asked if he got hugs from his foster family, he wagged his finger “no,” and then softly said, “They didn’t like me.” His mother said she is thinking of finding a therapist. “My son used to be carefree,” she said. “He wasn’t this way.” Visit the link in our profile to read more.

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