Quoted in The Christian Science Monitor article by Whitney Eulich on 3 February

Eulich, Whitney. 2021. A border runs through it: A tale of migration, separation, and reunification. The Christian Science Monitor 3 February <https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Americas/2021/0203/A-border-runs-through-it-A-tale-of-migration-separation-and-reunification&gt;.

“Children need to feel safe,” says Elizabeth Kennedy, a U.S. social scientist who has worked in the region for years doing research on why migrants leave Honduras and El Salvador. Even when a parent leaves for the purpose of keeping a child safe, it can backfire. “I have documented again and again that children view this like they’ve been abandoned, even though that’s the furthest thing from a parent’s intention.” 

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