Positive And Negative Stress In Early Childhood

Have you ever wondered why we act a certain way? This article talks about how significant the development of Early Childhood is. Throughout the article, there is a debate about how everybody suffers from mental health problems, but often times these mental health problems are triggered at an early age. Often times these triggers affect the development of cognitive and mental health, caused by the child's early exposure to stressful events/ situations in the early stages if a child's life. Such as having a genetic predisposition or being exposed to child abuse, child sexual abuse, neglect, violence or any threat to the child. Let’s keep in mind that when a child is exposed to positive or negative stress in the early stages their life, many aspects

My thoughts are that children exposed to positive and negative stress in the early stages of their life will affect the overall development of a child in the long-run. Positive stress in early childhood can help empower and strengthen a child when adapting to short-lived stress that may affect them for the rest of their life. On the other hand, a child's exposure to negative stress from child abuse or, neglect will affect a child's developing brain in a child's adolescence or in adulthood. Overall the well-being of someone, whether it is physical, emotional, or psychological is affected by the early stages of life. For example, a survivor of Child Sexual abuse may struggle with intimacy and relationships in adulthood because of the sexual abuse they encountered as a

The relationship between early brain development and the emotional well-being of children often times does cause serious emotional or behavioral problems that carry into adulthood, however; a timely detection of a child’s mental health will impact the child’s future due to the fact that timely detection of a child’s mental health problems, will provide a better and unique treatment for a child to help a child have the support and the necessary resources to ensure the child’s well-being and