Ukraine Children Deal with Psychological Trauma from War
CNN's Michael Holmes speaks with Dr. Irwin Redlener, Co-founder of Ukrainian Children’s Action Project about the impact of war on children in Ukraine and what's being done to support them. www.ucap.help
Hurricane Idalia Makes Landfall as a CAT 3, Now a CAT 1
On the Ground in Ukraine - October 2022
The Children of Ukraine
My recent trip to Lviv, Ukraine
Ukraine’s children desperately need more than shelter and food
I wanted to share my latest op-ed in NBC News Think, about the critical need for ongoing support for Ukrainian children who have been displaced by war. That includes education and the psychosocial support needed to address the long-term and emotional toll of Russia’s deadly war.
The Future of Us: What the Dreams of Children Mean for Twenty-First Century America
America needs every child — regardless of socioeconomic status —to be a success story. Period.
The Future of Us addresses the very serious, grown-up business of fulfilling the promises and potential of all children, and how this could impact America’s future in a #postpandemic world. Plus, see my own wild journey!
The Legal Consequences of Child Abuse By Government
Dr. Redlener joins Brian Lehrer of WNYC to talk about the psychological trauma and effects on immigrant children that have been separated from their families and why it constitutes "child abuse and neglect by government," which could lead to legal consequences.
If I Saw a Child Mistreated Like ICE Is Doing, I’d Call the Authorities
The bandwagon of child care and health professionals who have characterized the federal government’s forced separation of migrant children from their parents as “child abuse by government” is overflowing. It would indeed be difficult to concoct a more traumatizing experience for already vulnerable infants and children then what these kids have gone through.
The fact is that, as a pediatrician, if I saw a child being subject to the terror these kids are experiencing I would be ethically and legally obliged to contact the authorities. But wait: The authorities are the perpetrators!