“Broken Places” explores why some children are severely damaged by early adversity while others are able to thrive. By revisiting childhood trauma victims we profiled decades ago, we learn how their experiences shaped their lives as adults.
TRANSCRIPT
- Early adversity fundamentally affects
the growth and development of the brain.
- It was just a compounding of neglect, abuse.
- We're not talking about losing a basketball game.
- To have something like that happen is absolutely horrible.
- You can't deal with this at eight or nine.
- [Announcer] "The world breaks everyone
"and afterward many are strong at the broken places."
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