Effects of Stressors in a Child
We
knew when she was 27; she had to tell my mother something very important. My
oldest sister finely had the courage to tell our mother she was abused by some cousins.
We realize then why she was so quiet all those early developmentally years,
some of the family just thought she was just quite. I and my other sister
thought she was just the quite one, and we always was loud, and had something
to say. We did not know she had been silenced by secrets, of several unkind things
which had happen to her as a 4year old. My sister must have hurt in silence for
a long time before she could tell my mother, that along seems like she was in
her own hell. She was able to tell once she turned 27years old, we don’t talk
about what made her tell, but we let her know we are glade she told. We notice
to that she would drink a lot as an adult, and never know why until she shared
what had happen to her. The two people who hurt her are both dead, and it was
something about them I never liked kin folks or not, I never felt safe when
they were around our home, so how do you tell your parents something is not
right with people. She was very withdrawn as a child, we never out going, and
always wanted to stay at home. When she dated she would also make the guy take
me along with them, and he would have to pay for both of our meals. I loved it,
but I didn’t know she was hiding pain, and we as a family ask ourselves what we
could have done to stay safe as children. My mother felt bad because it happen and
she kept telling herself, “I never left you all alone for that reason.” I found
out if sick individuals want to get you them have all kinds of way, and I’ve
learn that since I been in the Early Childhood profession. My sister and the
family have come a long way since 27. She has done very well for herself, and
will be 50years old at the end of this year. She is still very quiet, and keeps
to herself most of the time, but she venture out as much as she can.
Berger states, “Yet more children die from
accidents and deliberate abuse than from any other cause.” (Berger, 2009) pg
236
Let’s
look at the poverty of the world; A beginning step in
the prevention of child psychopathology is the identification of conditions
associated with a disproportionately high incidence of behavior problems.
Rutter and colleagues (British Journal of Psychiatry, 1975, 126,
493-509) have reported a dramatic increase in the probability of child
adjustment difficulties as a function of multiple family stressors. However,
few investigators have tested this association beginning in infancy. The
present investigation examines this relationship at the ages of 1 and 2 with
behavioral adjustment at age 3 among 100 low-income families. Broad support was
found for the family adversity hypothesis, though sex differences were evident
regarding individual correlates of problem behavior. Chronic Family
Adversity and Early Child Behavior Problems: A Longitudinal Study of Low Income
Families
Daniel S. Shaw1,*, Joan I. Vondra2,
Katherine Dowdell Hommerding1, Kate Keenan1,
Marija Dunn2
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