Abstract
At all times in human history and in all places on earth, children have experienced horrific traumatic experiences. Some of these experiences are sudden, short lived, and individual, such the one described above. Other events are sudden, short lived but common to a large number of children. The 9/11 attack, the Katrina Hurricane, and the Tsunami in Asia are examples of this kind of shared trauma.
“I watched my brother drown,” a young man told me when I asked if he had ever had a traumatic experience. “We were vacationing in Hawaii, he went swimming and got caught in a strong current, he tried to fight it but couldn’t. The Life Guard tried to reach him on his surfboard, but my brother was already too far away”
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Elkind, D. (2009). The Effects of Horrific Trauma on Children and Youth. In: Morgan, M.J. (eds) The Impact of 9/11 on Psychology and Education. The Day that Changed Everything?. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230101593_11
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