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Caring Adults Restore Trust and Healing After Trauma
02.04.2026
Developing an understanding of how to build healthy connections with ourselves and with others begins early in life. And it’s usually learned by example. Children watch how adults communicate, manage conflict, show care and follow through. Over time, those observations shape what young people come to expect from relationships and what they believe they deserve.
For kids who have experienced trauma, those early examples are often missing, inconsistent or harmful.
