Hassan 1 Hassan Farnaz Professor Laura Arzola English 1302 20 january, 2019 Preliminary Thesis for RP : Family separation in childhood results in illnesses in adults. Audience for RP: Parents and educationists. Source title: The Deepest Well Author: Nadine Burke Harris Note #1: The connection between early childhood trauma and poor health is demonstrated by Dr. Nadine in her book The Deepest Well. “But now, sitting in Bayview, I saw that what people experienced in childhood could be enough to set them on a devastating medical trajectory. The very idea that the events of childhood could affect people’s health for the rest of their lives was scary but if the stress-response system was indeed the mechanism in play, it opened up a huge runway for change. It meant that if we figured out the problems early enough in a child’s development, we could make a significant impact on his or her later life.” Interpretation: Dr. Nadine in her observation of numerous patients and their health issues was able to link them with the past trauma they had encountered in life. While this idea that past events in a person’s life could affect a person’s health in adult life was disturbing yet it provided a powerful tool whereby damage control could be put in effect by pin pointing the reason of the ill health in the adult. Hassan 2 Discussion Statement: Here Dr. Nadine emphasizes the relationship between adversity a child experiences in his or her early life and the ill health he might encounter as an adult. Her thesis is convincing because it stems from years of experience as a Pediatrician and her interest in researching the cause of various illnesses in adults who have had traumatic childhoods. Note 2 Source Title: Sacrificing Families: Navigating Laws, Labor, and Love Across Borders Author: Leisy Abrego A Leisy Abrego is a Chicana and Chicano studies professor at UCLA . Her special interest is El Salvador from where about two million migrants have crossed the border. In her book she states “in the Salvadoran immigrant community … everyone has a sibling, cousin, uncle, or neighbor who lives or has lived away from their children or from their mother and father.” Interpretation: Abrego, in her observation of the migrant families from El Salvadore, states that during the process of migration there is almost no family that is not affected by family separation. Every single migrant is related to someone, or knows someone who was, or still is separated from either his children or from his parents. Discussion Statement: In her book Leisy Abrego works with migrant families and study the effects of childhood trauma on people as they grow up. Her area of interest is the immigrants from El Salvador. Here, almost every person has experienced either first Hassan 3 hand the trauma of being wrenched away from his or her loved ones or knows someone who has gone through this terrible experience. She realizes that family separation at the US border is much more common that we initially thought. It is too close to home and wreaking psychological havocs in the hearts and minds of the immigrant families. Note #3 Source Title: "Melania Trump 'Hates To See' Children Separated From Their Families At Borders." Author: Kate Bennett, CNN In her article Kate Bennett writes about the First Lady’s trip to the shelters where the separated children were being kept. "Mrs. Trump hates to see children separated from their families and hopes both sides of the aisle can finally come together to achieve successful immigration reform," her communications director, Stephanie Grisham, told CNN on Sunday. "She believes we need to be a country that follows all laws, but also a country that governs with heart." Interpretation: Bennett, a CNN correspondent quotes Melania Trump’s communications director as saying that she finds it despicable that children should be torn away from their families and is hoping to see better immigration laws being developed. She emphasizes that where laws are extremely important for good governance, she also thinks that emotions must be considered when laws are being made. Discussion statement: Melania Trumps takes the important, rare decision to speak out against her husband’s policy on separating children from their families at the border. She expresses her strong feelings against child separation and stresses the need for better Hassan immigration laws that will keep families united. She articulates beautifully that while laws ae important, they should not overrule humanity and should take into account feelings of young children. 4