Why are adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) important?
- Children with +4 ACEs are 7.4x as likely to suffer from alcoholism and 12.2x as likely to attempt suicide
- Juvenile offenders are 4x more likely to have +4 ACEs
Supportive relationships can serve as a protective buffer
- Children with +4 ACEs are 7.4x as likely to suffer from alcoholism and 12.2x as likely to attempt suicide
- Juvenile offenders are 4x more likely to have +4 ACEs
Supportive relationships can serve as a protective buffer
https://twitter.com/johnlegend/status/1392911272652378113
My adverse childhood experience number was 5. Luckily, I had a lot of great role models in the military, then a GI Bill during undergraduate to pay the bills, while I learned how to learn. I continue to have great mentors to this day.
Whenever I think of adverse childhood experiences, I think of this exercise on privilege we performed during my undergraduate at UC Berkeley. Up until that point, I didn't know how disadvantaged I was during my childhood. I was the last person.
It warms my heart to speak to youth facing adversity. There is so much untapped potential!
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