Document Type

Blog Post

Publication Date

2-4-2015

Department

Social Work

Keywords

In All Things, loss, parenting, children, trauma

Abstract

"Current research tells us that kids who witness or experience hard things actually lose some ability to make good choices. It’s not that they won’t or don’t want to make the good choice…sometimes they just can’t. When kids are chronically exposed to trauma the part of their brain that helps them with language, flexibility, and mood regulation actually shrinks. ... The good news is that God made our brains so thoughtfully that they can actually grow and change."

Posting about children and trauma and what we can do about it from In All Things - an online hub committed to the claim that the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ has implications for the entire world

http://inallthings.org/to-those-who-know-a-hurting-child/

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