Adverse Childhood Experience and toxic stresses are potentially traumatic events that occur in childhood. It can include violence, abuse, and growing up in a family with mental health or substance use problems. Toxic stress from ACEs can change brain development and affect how the body responds to stress. It can affect the child’s development because they won’t have the proper tools to grow and gain the right knowledge throughout their childhood. Also children growing in terrible homes won5 have the motivation or positive aspect to want to be and do more in life. children who experienced ACEs had increased odds of having below-average academic skills including poor literacy skills, as well as attention problems, social problems, and aggression, placing them at significant risk for poor school achievement. They have a higher likelihood of dropping out early or choosing not to pursue a higher education. They just don5 hav3 the motivation to push through.
