The role that adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) play in the physical and mental health of individuals as they age has been well described. What has been less understood is what effect ACEs in a parent might have in their children—until Le-Scherban et al. (10.1542/peds.2017-4274) decided to study that question in a new study being released this month in our journal. The authors used linked data between parents living in the Philadelphia area and their past exposure to ACES with their child’s own health using information obtained in cross-sectional telephone surveys. 350 parent-child dyads were entered into this study and sadly, parent ACEs were found to be highly associated with higher odds of poor child overall health status, with the greater the parental ACES, the higher the odds of poorer health in their children.
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