Post Traumatic Stress

Judy Bernstein describes the boys much happier in their current life in America despite some confusion of the developed world; however, while Judy does not diminish the hardships the boys faced during their journey and time in the refugee camp, she does downplay any trouble they may have in America. Like the other characters we have read about in class. Its safe to assume that some of the boys have some form of post traumatic stress disorder from their uncoventional childhood experiences. America is not the final solution for these boys considering it is not a cure all for the stress they faced. I included a link about post traumatic stress symptoms and effects on children. The children in this article faced normal degrees of stress though, its safe to assume that despite how strong these boys are they must be dealing with a much larger ordeal of emotions.

http://www.apa.org/pi/families/resources/children-trauma-update.aspx