Opinion Piece: ”Our Parents Secured Our Physical Survival. Now We Must Survive”
An opinion piece published in Politiken highlights the challenges and potential consequences associated with growing up as the child of refugee parents.
The opinion piece “Our Parents Secured Our Physical Survival. Now We Must Survive” highlights the long-term psychological consequences of war and forced displacement across generations.
The article describes how children of individuals who have survived war, persecution, and flight may face unique challenges related to well-being, identity formation, and mental health. This issue was already examined by Professor Ask Elklit and Susanne Sørensen in a 2003 review that synthesised the existing research in the field.
The review by Ask Elklit and Susanne Sørensen can be accessed here (in Danish).