By Melissa Valle, Thrive Global, March 10, 2020
The Brain is the only organ that is not fully developed at birth, as a child begins to grow different stages of their development are attached to different parts and functions of the brain. The impact of Adverse Childhood Experiences is dependent on the stage of development at which the trauma occurs which will help to determine the way children shut down or hide their pain.
For example, if a child experiences trauma at a stage in which they are developing speech, they may become retracted and have difficulty expressing how they feel when they become older.
As parents, sometimes it is out of our hands and control when something traumatic happens to our children. But, if identified early, healing the trauma can help in moving forward and be a teaching moment for regulating and processing feelings. However, when you have a child that carries trauma and you have not healed your own traumas and pain it may have a stronger traumatic impact for that child making it harder for them to heal from it. The result of not healing adverse childhood experiences may later be a factor in mental health problems.
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