Children Of Undocumented Parents May Be At Higher Developmental Risk
Jul 14th, 2009 | By buddy1 | Category: 35, Health & Wellness News, Mental HealthUndocumented people live in a shadowy world of high fear and stress — fear of deportation and stress brought on lack of economic, linguistic and educational resources. And of course if they are parents their worries trickle down to their children. A new study from UCLA examines parents’ concerns about development, learning and behavior for young children of Mexican origin and identifies whether these concerns differ by the families’ citizenship or documentation status.
