TED talk about ACE Adverse Childhood Experiences

[ksm]

I thought that this 15 minute video might help us realize why some of our children have so many struggles. Esp our adopted children...whose basic needs may not have been attended too, or that they saw or heard their parents screaming, or domestic abuse, or drug abuse...

How childhood trauma affects health across a lifetime

Childhood trauma isn’t something you just get over as you grow up. Pediatrician Nadine Burke Harris explains that the repeated stress of abuse, neglect and parents struggling with mental health or substance abuse issues has real, tangible effects on the development of the brain. This unfolds...

www.ted.com

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[Gran2Angels]

Thanks for sharing this.

 

[Yaroslav Fadeev]

Thanks for the link

 

[ksm]

Thanks for the link

My granddaughter, that we adopted at age 5, finished a questionnaire in high school. I believe she scored an 8. I think a score of 4 was considered high risk. She has struggled with anxiety, addiction, abusive relationships, etc. I don't know if she will ever walk away from the chaos, NewKSM

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