[00:00:00] Do adverse childhood experiences called ACEs affect kids in foster care? ACEs are verbal, physical and sexual abuse, domestic violence, household mental illness or substance abuse, incarcerated household members, and parental separation or divorce. Researchers ask, what impact do ACEs have on kids reuniting with their families? They assessed 3,000 U.S. children in foster care, ages 6 to 18, for exposure to adverse events over four years. Researchers measured how quickly these children in foster care reunited with their families. RESULTS Children in foster care with more ACEs were less likely to reunite with their families. Those with 10 or more ACEs were 42% less likely to reunify. At the study's end, only 35% of foster children reunify with their families 18% were adopted or under guardianship 47% remain in foster care, likely due to the child's family not being able to provide child safety yet. Let's educate and help all parents know how to raise healthy, kind children without physical punishment. The harm of verbal or sexual abuse. Let let's train foster parents to make sure foster children feel loved and learn to respond to kind correction without fear of harsh punishment or humiliation.
