Shared Links (bi-weekly) Aug. 23, 2026
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Sharing – Study Links Childhood Unpredictability to Mental Health
When you’re a child, everything is about routines and certainty. Waking up every day and having food to eat, adults who love you and care for you, education, friends, etc. Growing up in an environment where none of that is certain is similar to growing up with traumatic events.
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Shared Links (bi-weekly) June 28, 2026
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Funding cuts to child mental healthcare are bad health and economic policy
As Renée points out, childhood trauma increases the likelihood of a wide range of physical and mental health issues later in life. To the tune of trillions of dollars. The way to address those outcomes is through early interventions for kids. Often, those are available because of grants and government funding. That costs money, but it’s a better alternative to all of the costs associated with treating the long-term impacts of trauma.
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Sharing – How to Really Make America Great: By Confronting the Forbidden Issues
Again, I’ll say it. You can’t solve the problems that exist and create risks for traumatized children when you don’t acknowledge the trauma. How can someone dealing with discrimination, hate, poverty, etc., get assistance when we won’t recognize that those things exist?
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No, kids don’t get over it without help
The truth is that abuse victims can be resilient, but generally not on their own. We also know that it doesn’t end there.
