Experts say traumatic events, including the recent school shooting in Minneapolis can rewire a child's developing brain even if they're not directly impacted by it. The way we Parent can help children ...

New research has illuminated how traumatic experiences during childhood can literally alter the structure and chemistry of the brain, leading to long-lasting consequences.

In 1966, Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceaușescu introduced extreme policies to increase the country’s birth rate. This led to the widespread abandonment of children, who ended up in orphanages in ...

The world's largest brain study of childhood trauma has revealed how it affects development and rewires vital pathways.

Leland Fleming discusses his research investigating how childhood trauma affects not only the brain development of the individual into adulthood but also the multigenerational implications of trauma.

Trauma creates a blueprint for children’s brains Children’s brains develop at an astronomically fast rate. From birth to 3 years old, 1 million neural connections are being formed every second.

Extreme weather events are increasingly recognized as adverse childhood experiences (E-ACEs) that disrupt brain development, ...

In the wake of Texas’ deadly floods, families across the country are grieving and worried about how trauma may impact the children who survived and the ones watching from afar. Experts say ...