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Reply to "This is More Urgent since watching The Trials of Gabriel Fernandez! on netflix"

Thank you for reinforcing the idea that children pay for adult problems and actions. We usually think of child development to adulthood as a journey of 'moral development'. However, it should not be startling to see the move from childhood to adulthood as a journey of moral decay! As a Gestalt is allow us see that to prevent harm to children we need to focus on adults and how they see children! That to me is the power of ACES -  the research documents how 'childhood matters' and the childhoods of those who came into contact with Gabriel Fernandez mattered (if only they knew it)! Anyone working in CPS type positions from the case worker to the top policy maker should be aware of the ACES IN THEIR LIVES and think about how they affect their views of children. Then we might have a chance of getting child centered policy and practice! Trauma informed is not just about understanding how trauma affects children, it is more importantly about how it affects the adults the children become!

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