Toxic Childhood Stress Paperback – August 29, 2020

I tend to read the bad reviews and discourage myself from reading things, and I almost did that with this book. Someone stated that the author appeared to be hostile towards Caucasians. The way I read it, it was quite the opposite. The author discusses how toxic stress is something that touches several different people in different walks of life. She compares toxic stress to bears because if we were to face a bear in the wild, we activate a fight or flight reaction. Toxic stress activates the same reactions in everyone, however when it happens in childhood ages is when it becomes a problem. Some communities live in parts that are prone to more bears than others is all the author really stated and even advocates needing to create resources to be available to all children. She is wanting to change the way doctors treat patients. This is a great book! As a teacher I wondered what I could do to improve things for my students. While the book did not give a clear path on how teachers can help, the author did promote a program called "Turnaround" which I plan to read up on. Again, Great book!

Haven't started reading yet but I'm a fan of this author so I know I won't be disappointed

This book would be good for preventing ACEs in children but there was nothing on the "how to heal" for adults(the whole reason I purchased the book in the first place). If you know the author and want to read about her great accomplishments then this is the book for you.