While some traumatic experiences are obvious—like physical or sexual abuse, childhood neglect, violence, sudden loss of a loved one and more—other forms of trauma are often overlooked. These experiences can include emotional neglect, divorce, food insecurity, medical trauma, growing up in a household with substance use and more. 

Do you suspect that your baby, toddler or very young child has undergone a traumatic experience? You want to help them get through it, but what if they’re too young to talk about it—or too young to even understand what happened?

Security, resilience, self-worth, confidence, interpersonal skills—it’s well-documented that feeling loved as a child is the foundation for emotional and mental well-being. But what if love shapes children at an even deeper level? 

When children face a traumatic experience—like abuse, neglect or other household dysfunction—the detrimental consequences can last long into adulthood. But healing from these Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) is possible. 

Is your child in the midst of processing an overwhelming experience or trauma, and you want to encourage them to move forward in a healthy way? Help them express themselves creatively!

Every minute in 2024, 35 children were born into hunger—18.2 million children in total. This number, more than double the population of New York City, represents children born into a life that will be immediately threatened by food insecurity.