Written by: Carla Ritz Posted On
On Jan. 1, many of us will make resolutions about our health, time management, habits or relationships.
While these all have value, allow me to suggest another idea – resolve to measure your success this year by the well-being of the youngest children in your life.
On the flipside of this, adverse childhood experiences (also known as ACEs), such as abuse, neglect, lack of affection, abandonment, domestic violence, substance abuse in the home, etc., can all create toxic stress in the developing brains of young children.
In a 2010 Lake County survey of adults about adverse childhood experiences, more than 40 percent of those surveyed indicated that they had experienced at least five or more ACEs prior to age 18.
We live in beautiful place, but it is also a place where generational cycles of toxic stress need to be broken and resilient families need to be built and supported....
READ MORE: Published in the Lake County News; Click here to read the full article and learn what you can do to be part of the solution in 2018!
Information and links about brain development, ACEs, and all of the resources mentioned in this article can be found at www.firstfivelake.org
Carla Ritz is executive director of First 5 Lake in Lake County, Calif.
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