Among many health-related and developmental challenges that orphans and abandoned children (OAC) face is insecure attachment, which serves as the biopsychosocial trigger for mental health disorders, neurological deficiencies and abnormalities, delinquency and criminal behavior, suicidal ideation, and unhealthy dependencies upon their romantic partners and peers. It has even been discovered that orphans are […]
Today, over 150 million children are orphans, millions of whom suffer from malnutrition, abuse, and a lack of education. Some of these children are adopted in the first 2 years of their lives by caregivers who live several hundred miles away from their home, and some orphans live in residential facilities such as orphanages or […]
The country where I spent my childhood was lively, filled with pockets of joy hidden within nature: hot, sunny days spent walking to the beach; calypso beats echoing in my ears and through my limbs; sand in between my toes; the sticky residue of saltwater and mangoes still on my lips hours after leaving. The […]