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5 Ways Trauma And Poverty Affect Childhood Development

By Nicole F. Roberts — 2020

Although children are born ready to learn and grow, adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are traumatic events that occur in youth resulting in toxic stress. And that toxic stress from ACEs can literally change how the brain develops and affect how the body responds to stress as one ages.

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Poverty and Economic Inequality