InBrief: The Impact of Early Adversity on Children's Development

Early adversity and toxic stress can disrupt the healthy development of children’s brain architecture and biological systems more broadly, with impacts on learning, health, and well-being across the lifespan. This video provides an overview of how early adversity and toxic stress impact children’s development. It also shows how providing stable, responsive environments for children in the earliest years of life can prevent or reverse these conditions, with lifelong consequences for learning, behavior, and health. *Learn more about toxic stress—and how to prevent or reverse its damaging effects—at the Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University: https://developingchild.harvard.edu/key-concept/toxic-stress/* For more short summaries of other topics in early childhood development, including resilience and the science of neglect, view our InBrief video series: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLCCB05A22FA9C24EC #ToxicStress #ChildDevelopment #EarlyChildhoodDevelopment