"High Levels of Emotional Stress Can Be Toxic to Children, But Nurturing Can Help...
"Research has found that adverse childhood experiences like poverty, a parent’s job loss, or parental substance abuse, cause severe stress in young children, impacting the physical development of their brains, which consequently may have broader impacts on our local communities and our economy.
"Pediatricians and researchers are using major advances in brain imaging to track this ‘toxic stress.’ They have found that as this stress builds around a child, it floods the brain with chemicals like cortisol and norepinephrine....
"Of course, we also need larger changes– like guidelines to help doctors and educators recognize the warning signs of childhood stress, and policy changes that will alleviate poverty– but small actions in the home are proving to be a critical piece of the puzzle."
http://still4hill.com/2013/07/03/news-from-hillary-clintons-too-small-to-fail/
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