Childhood Trauma Analysis

When the community acts as a constant stressor and detrimentally impacts adults, children become the victims of childhood trauma. As Dr. Nadine Burke Harris notes in her TEDMed talk “How childhood trauma affects health across a lifetime,” people exposed to adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) such as abuse, household challenges, and neglect are at risk for developing health complications later in life. Not all parents are able to cope with the accumulation of insecurities in an appropriate manner and instead decide to unleash their frustration on a family member, indulge in substance abuse, or abandon loved ones altogether. ACEs are common in American society with about 67% of the population having at least one; however, Harris notes a dose-response