By Kat Jeanne, Photo: Billy Hefton/Enid News & Eagle, Enid News & Eagle, February 28, 2022
Child abuse prevention is a national and statewide effort for organizations like Parent Promise/Prevent Child Abuse Oklahoma, whose executive director spoke to Enid Rotary Club members Monday on how her organization is impacting families and children through their work.
While creating thriving families and children is the goal, the challenge is in preventing adverse childhood experiences that create toxic stress whether physical and mental health, especially for younger children, Sherry Fair said Monday.
“The first three years of a child’s life are incredibly important for brain development, any and all experience greatly affects it — good and bad experiences,” Fair said. “Of course, we want them to have good experiences, and most parents strive for that, but that doesn’t always happen.”
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