"Suri Cruise crying photos show the young daughter of movie stars Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes in the midst of a typical childhood meltdown....
"Halle Berry described what paparazzi photos are like for her daughter, Nahla: "My daughter doesn't want to go to school because she knows 'the men' are watching for her. I have to yell 'She's a child. Leave my child alone. Leave my child alone.' We get into the car, and my daughter is now sobbing, and she says to me, 'Are they going to kill us? Are they going to kill us?'"
"Children experience the world in a different way than adults, and may have traumatic reactions to situations adults dismiss as "safe" because they feel unsafe to a younger person who doesn't know what is going on. Feeling like you are going to be killed would be a kind of trauma even though the paparazzi have no such intention. According to Web MD, childhood trauma can put you at a greater risk of illness, as documented by the Adverse Childhood Experiences Study.
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