After sitting with my future mother-in-law, listening to her talk about people that shouldn't be allowed to have children- it occurred to me that all these young children (very young) are currently free from having BPD and PTSD and impacted by their childhood trauma. The realization that there are children right now, being abused and neglected and don't yet have the issues we are currently dealing with. It makes me so sad to think about how it's not too late for all those kids out there.....they could be saved from all the years of suicidal idealization, HS, PTSD etc. if they are able to get support and therapy and are able to cope and handle trauma in a safe way (obviously I know this is variable and there are a lot of factors that play into the mental health of people, but in general..).

I'm a firm believer that every human being on this planet should be exposed to therapy from a very young age and be taught how to process trauma and how to deal with the shitty world we live in. Imagine how many people in this world could benefit from having gone to therapy from a very young age.

For general information- I'm a neuroscience graduate student and it's well known how adaptable a childs brain is. How easy it is to learn new things (things like multiple languages, music, reading, writing, social cues, PERSONALITY). A child's brain is like a sponge, taking in all this external stimuli and forming neural pathways extremely rapidly! A lot of our habits, beliefs, behaviors are from seeing these things as a young age and doing them ourselves.
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 Why is it that they say sexually abused children are more likely to sexually abuse others as an adult? Why is it that a lot of sexually abused children act out inappropriately near their peers, in a way that no child should ever act/think? 
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A lot (not always of course)- children see things that they don't understand and don't know how to process. 

Schools in the USA (I have no idea how the public schooling systems are in other countries) generally have guidance councilors and people that can help children when *issues arise* or when kids feel they need to talk to someone. At a very young age, children might not know that they are in danger. They may not realize that they are being mistreated and that it's harmful for their overall health and well being. Why is it that we wait until a child shows up to school and hasn't had breakfast/dinner in days? Children are not *always* capable of forming these extremely complext thoughts and realizations with critical thinking skills. I had no idea that my childhood was abnormal when I was growing up. I thought that everyone was treated the way I was and everyone was scared to be at home. I didn't fully realize until probably around a year ago, how much damage my childhood actually did to me.

If regular therapy sessions were mandatory in all public/private schools starting the moment children are of school age, don't you think the world would end up being a better place? If therapy prevents 50% of children who are likely to abuse as adults... that's 50% less people in the world inflicting pain onto our next generation.

Obviously it wouldn't be as 'easy' as popping therapists into every single school in the world...but it would be a start. 

I wish I was taught how to handle my emotions and my pain when I was younger. I wish I had realized that it wasn't 'normal' growing up in my household....

I used to watch a lot of documentaries, particularly about phycology, and one was about a young sociopathic child that was violent and felt no empathy. She would hurt her baby brother and kill animals. She underwent intensive therapy treatment (I'm not sure on the specifics as it was awhile ago that I had seen this) but she was eventually able to process her former abuse/trauma and thus began having empathetic feelings for others around her and ended up being extremely remorseful for what she had done. Last I read, I believe she ended up living a relatively 'normal life' as an adult. This is just one of many examples as to how malleable a child's brain is.