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by nshunter 943 days ago
Gabor Mate has published quite a few works on the effects of stress on children, even starting in utero with effects from the mother.

Scattered minds and when the body says no connect to the effects of stress on the body and children in particular.

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Dr. Gabor Mate¹ should be taken with large grains of salt when it comes to ADHD and related conditions. There is a lack of published research or dedicated expertise on the matter; Dr. Russell Barkley, a leading ADHD expert and researcher², has a good video on the subject³.

¹ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabor_Mat%C3%A9

² https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell_Barkley

³ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bO19LWJ0ZnM

id probably prefer to listen to the drug opinion of the guy who doesn't have a laundry list of drug sponsors :P
Source? The article linked above makes no mention of sponsors.
oh come on thats just lazy im literally commenting on the sources haha
Sorry I don’t understand. Stress had an effect or had no effect on children’s minds?
Scattered Minds and When the Body Says No are book titles.
Children cope with their surroundings and if traumatized habituate themselves to these habits that are temporarily soothing but deleterious long term, often imitating family members who may have also carried these learned behaviors in their own life. Cycles of generations that are impoverished in comparison to their well to do neighbors are an example.
Gabor Mate expresses that stress has an effect on children. The effect is expressed in actions as children grow into adulthood.
There are these test done on hen, where stressed hen led to stressed chickens even if they never even met after laying the eggs.