Quality Programs Can Reverse Damaging Effects of Stress

On the Harvard University Center for the Developing Child website, a section called, "The Impact of Early Adversity on Children’s Development," explains how beneficial quality early childhood programs can be for children exposed to early stress:

"What happens in early childhood can matter for a lifetime. To successfully manage our society’s future, we must recognize problems and address them before they get worse. In early childhood, research on the biology of stress shows how major adversity, such as extreme poverty, abuse, or neglect can weaken developing brain architecture and permanently set the body's stress response system on high alert. Science also shows that providing stable, responsive, nurturing relationships in the earliest years of life can prevent or even reverse the damaging effects of early life stress, with lifelong benefits for learning, behavior, and health."

Source: https://developingchild.harvard.edu/resources/inbrief-the-impact-of-early-adversity-on-childrens-development/

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