How do we stop childhood adversity from becoming a life sentence? [Blogs.Unicef.org]

Samantha Sangenito 3/23/154:00 AM

Even the most hard-nosed economist will now concede investment in good early childhood has the biggest return on public investment.

But what about a reverse argument that failure to invest in prevention of bad early childhood experience is the most costly oversight a government can make?

This is the subject of my recent TedX talk in Podgorica, Montenegro, on the global prevalence of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) like neglect, abuse and dysfunctional parenting, and how they drive poor public health, low productivity and other costs amongst adult populations.

[For more of this story, written by Benjamin Perks, go to http://blogs.unicef.org/2015/0...ing-a-life-sentence/]

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