It is important that we ask these questions...and then truly LISTEN to the responses. What won't be learned with this study is what factors helped an individual live with and then overcome negative thinking with dysfunctional behaviors to achieve (or not achieve) the level of success they have today. As a 'retired' pediatrician working child abuse and advocacy for 30 years, and now in my 'third career' (called "retirement") I believe the key is the presence of a 'team' of caring individuals, who all too often don't know each other, who take an interest in the child and put in energy, not because they have to, but because they can, and want to, to help that child achieve stability and personal happiness. It's called "Serendipity," part of the fabric of "The Universal Spirit." What we need to do, together, is stop letting it happen by 'chance,' and make it happen due to proactive vigilance as a society, certainly a hopeful outcome in conducting this survey. "History repeats itself, opportunity doesn't." On behave of myself, a child and adult survivor, and others, thanks for asking.
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