Author: Kurt Wiesner

Host of evidence shows lifelong effect of childhood poverty

“Early-life stress and the scar tissue that it leaves, with every passing bit of aging, gets harder and harder to reverse,” says Robert Sapolsky, a neurobiologist at Stanford. “You’re never out of luck in terms of interventions, but the longer you wait, the more work you’ve got on your hands.”

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Helping is a two-way street

Social services Sunday reminds us each year of the need to get involved with the marginalised and vulnerable. What we do not always hear is that helping is a two-way street. We gain as much as we give, and may even be in just as much need.

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