According to First 5 California, 1 in 3 kids are at risk for toxic stress in the state. This stress can do more harm than just overwhelm a child, but there are things parents can do to prevent this ...

A child is born to a 17-year-old mother in a small south Arkansas town. There is a healthy 14 -month-old sibling. Mom is not employed. She has an alcohol substance use disorder, but she is able to ...

LENEXA, Kan. — June is Raising KC month in Kansas City. It’s a program that aims to bring awareness to the long-term mental and even physical harms from toxic stress that can impact children well into ...

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Nurses and nurse aides in long term care report rates of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) double that of the general population — results that should lead providers to more aggressively support ...

When was the last time you said, “I just can’t take one more thing?” Or thought, “I’m at the end of my rope.” For more than 70% of women, this degree of high stress is a daily experience. Source: ...

Most people don’t grow up thinking their parent was toxic. The word itself feels heavy, almost disloyal to even consider. But ...

As a pediatric physician, an early childhood researcher and a child development expert, I am compelled to state, in no uncertain terms: What we are witnessing is a public health crisis. Adverse ...