I know it's popular on these parts of the Internet to be strong biological determinists but the more we learn about children and brain development we realise how important infancy is for the rest of their life.

Gonna post some images to explain. It goes without saying but... ...as we can see from the two 3 year old's brains, childhood neglect quite literally gives somebody a smaller brain than other children their age. It causes an underdeveloped brain. But in which areas?

These scans show the brain scan of a healthy child and one who was abused:

How the British sought to improve the lives of Indian women under the British East India Company rule and then the British Raj. A thread:

British India is a broad term referring to the British colonial presence in India starting with trading posts established in the 17th...



...century by the British East India Company, which eventually led to increasing territorial control and influence by the Company, and then eventually the British Raj following the 1857 Indian Mutiny which saw all British East India Company posessions transferred to the Crown.