The Children Left Behind
ISBN: 978-1-83867-394-9, eISBN: 978-1-83867-393-2
Publication date: 21 October 2019
Abstract
Families who left their homes in Central America and Mexico searching for a better life in the United States often left their children behind until they were financially secure enough to send for them. The children usually waited years to reunite with their parents while many never made the voyage. The children’s emotional stories are conveyed in their own words detailing how vulnerable they felt when abandoned, confused, and at times, rejected after finally connecting with their long-lost families. The psychological trauma for the parents, and especially for their children, is documented via the children’s voices.
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Acknowledgements
Acknowledgment
I want to acknowledge and thank my wonderful friend and fantastic editor, Jill Taft Kaufman, for encouraging me to write this essay and for believing in its message. Thank you for all your hard work and critical reading of this chapter.
Citation
Gordon, K. (2019), "The Children Left Behind", Conflict and Forced Migration (Studies in Symbolic Interaction, Vol. 51), Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 209-225. https://doi.org/10.1108/S0163-239620190000051011
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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