they talk about the first two to three first years of life as the most important, the immediate span of time. if you have kids preverbal, you have little children that age being separated from their parents there s no telling what that does to a kid for the rest of their life just in terms of their own development. absolutely. the brain develops most rapidly between birth and three years of age. that s when we want positive experiences and positive relationships to build that brain architecture correctly. what s happening with these kids is that the trauma is causing something we refer to as toxic stress where they are fight or flight hormones are staying high in their system. that keeps them on red alert all the time and disrupts their brain development, disrupts their ability to speak, to gross motor, fine motor movements, to develop relationships from here on out. the fact the president s executive order is allowing for
If you have kids who are preverbal, you have the children of that age being separated from their parents, there s no telling what that does to a kid for the rest of their life. just in terms of their own development. absolutely. so the brain develops most rapidly between birth and three years of age. and that s when we want positive experiences and positive relationships to build that brain architecture correctly. and what s happening with these kids is that the trauma is causing something we refer to as toxic stress where their fight or flight hormones are staying high in their system. and that actually keeps them on red alert all the time and disrupts their brain development, disrupts their ability to speak, to gross motor, fine motor movements, to develop relationships from here on out. the fact the president s executive order is allowing for these families to be reunited but that they may be held