How Play Can Help Children Alleviate Toxic Stress

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One of the major barriers to healthy development in the United States is toxic stress, which occurs when we are threatened and the body releases emergency stress hormones that prime us to handle stressful events. Toxic stress can occur when a child experiences strong, frequent, or prolonged adversity without adequate adult support.

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Research by Kaboom finds that play is part of the solution to create supportive, responsive relationships with adults that can help to prevent the detrimental effects of the toxic stress response.