Parents are the same everywhere

This is the photo that appeared on the front page of the New York Times today. The caption: "A father gave medical treatment to his son on Tuesday at a camp for people displaced from Pakistan’s Swat Valley region." I've seen lots of pictures like this in the past; parents in a far away country with a child that was suffering in a war zone or a place with exteme poverty. But when I saw this picture today, I understood what this parent must be feeling, and I knew I'd have a stronger response to images like this from now on.