The Children Of Abusive Parents Never Fully Escape; Childhood Adversity And Adult Disease

     A public radio station had a segment regarding childhood adversity and adult disease. Childhood adversity contributes to a significant decrease in life expectancy. Childhood adversity paves the path to significantly higher risks of a number of diseases, including cancer, cardiovascular disease and injuries. Abusive parents, the source of one form of childhood adversity, keep punishing long after they are gone. Even resiliency is not a defense against the shortened lives and increased risk of cancer and other diseases. How sad it is that children that are prisoners of abuse never fully escape.