As you contemplate your 2017 resolutions, consider investing time in the most vulnerable kids in our community. It might be the highest yielding investment of your life.
Stories of neglect and abuse are tragically common. When the abuse ends, ramifications can, and often do, continue well into adulthood.
These are not your everyday disappointments, but experiences so traumatic that they can change the child’s physiology, such as severe neglect, physical, sexual and emotional abuse or a highly dysfunctional home.
The study looked at 17,000 cases and gave each participant one point for each traumatic childhood experience. The higher the score, they found, the worse the health outcome.
To continue reading this op-ed by Ashley Snee Giovannettone, go to: http://www.sacbee.com/opinion/...rticle123863779.html
Giovannettone, a former spokeswoman for President George W. Bush and Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, serves as a CASA and is on the board of California Alliance of Caregivers, which promotes the well-being of children in foster care.
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