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Corporal Punishment Increases Risk of Cancer, Heart Disease, Asthma
A recent study published in the Journal of Behavioral Medicine shows that corporal punishment and verbal insults increase the risk for cancer, heart disease, and asthma in adulthood. It is well establ… more →
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Building Protective Factors from Birth to Five
wrote 1 month ago: Hopscotch Staff is committed to your family’s ongoing success after completing your adoption. … more →
April 2, 2013 is Autism Awareness Day.
wrote 1 month ago: Thirty years ago no one would have predicted a day when children with an Autism Spectrum Disorder (A … more →
The (inextricable) Link: Animal abuse, domestic violence, child abuse, elder abuse
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wrote 1 month ago: “Over the past 30 years, researchers and professionals in a variety of human services and anim … more →
Of Big Cities, Philadelphia Worst For People In Deep Poverty
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wrote 2 months ago: Philadelphia has the highest rate of deep poverty – people with incomes below half of the pove … more →
How Stress Gets Under the Skin: Q&A With Neuroscientist Bruce McEwen
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wrote 3 months ago: A professor of neuroscience at Rockefeller University, Bruce McEwen investigates how stress affects … more →
Nutrients to overcome the most insidious toxin in autism?
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wrote 3 months ago: In the autism world, parents are constantly dealing with protecting children from toxins. The detoxi … more →
Toxic Stress and our children
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wrote 3 months ago: different yet beautiful I have been reading a great deal of literature lately on the experiences chi … more →
Children's Stress Impacts Health And Academics
wrote 5 months ago: By Dr. Marciene Mattleman PHILADELPHIA (CBS) - Positive, short term stress is healthy. Children nee … more →
Corporal Punishment Increases Risk of Cancer, Heart Disease, Asthma
wrote 6 months ago: A recent study published in the Journal of Behavioral Medicine shows that corporal punishment and ve … more →
Taking neglect seriously
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wrote 6 months ago: Some interesting research about children’s timescales and the Court process, which has … more →
Little Children Most Vulnerable to Violence
wrote 6 months ago: Early experiences have formative effects a child’s developing brain. The bottom line is, we mu … more →
Toxic Stress Derails Brain Development
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wrote 7 months ago: Common Myth – Children are Naturally Resilient What is resilience? Resilience is the ability t … more →
Toxic stress, school discipline, and unconditional love
wrote 1 year ago: Lincoln High School in Walla Walla, WA, tries new approach to school discipline — suspensions drop 8 … more →
Toxic Stress Response
wrote 1 year ago: Yesterday, while I was reading an article about trying out a new form of solving disciplinary issues … more →
Helping Babies Cope With Stress and Learn to Sleep
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wrote 1 year ago: We’ve all seen the warnings that sleep training causes so much stress to a baby that cortisol floods … more →
Toxic Stress.... duh!
wrote 1 year ago: It caught my eye immediately as I was scanning yesterday’s Globe: Dr. Jack Shonkoff’s in … more →
"Trauma and Adversity in Childhood: History Need Not Be Destiny"
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wrote 1 year ago: I have quite a few acronyms and most of them are not my Friends. I realize that not everyone may und … more →
Trauma and Adversity in Childhood: History Need Not Be Destiny
wrote 1 year ago: “It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.” An emotional and powe … more →
Developmental Delays in Early Childhood
wrote 1 year ago: (As part of the #B25 campaign, we are devoting much of the rest of February to sharing these researc … more →
