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by Benjamin Perks (Author)
From the moment they're born, babies seek a loving parental attachment. When that connection is absent, it derails childhood development in ways that can last a lifetime. The annual health costs of illness related to child trauma for North America and Europe alone are 1.3 trillion dollars. Child trauma is much more widespread than previously thought and passes from one generation to the next. But that's not the end of the story-there is overwhelming evidence that this intergenerational transmission can be disrupted.
So why isn't the eradication of childhood trauma a tier-one public priority, like defense or growth?
Trauma Proof is a rallying call to address child trauma as the public health crisis it is-because we can do better for kids, and we should.
Author Biography
Benjamin Perks works for the United Nations in New York campaigning on human rights and child development globally. For twenty-five years, Perks has worked on eradicating global barriers to child well-being, including poverty, hunger, disease, the mobilization of child soldiers, and population displacement. He has also been on a personal journey of healing from his childhood, spent living in the UK's care system and on the streets. Benjamin is a Senior Fellow at the Jubilee Centre at the University of Birmingham in the UK, which researches education policy on the character, social, and emotional development of children, and is an Associate Faculty Member at Oxford University Department of Social Policy and Innovation.
