Chaos

My husband has experienced many stressors listed above growing up as a child. He was a victim of poverty, hunger, chaos, and violence. His household was filled with alot of drugs and a little bit of food. He grew up in Las Vegas projects and with that environment came violence and chaos. He grew up in poverty and going to school for him was a living hell. Clothes dirty and too small, but had to go in order to get the free meals. He coped with these stressors by escaping to a friends house, whose living conditions and home life was the exact opposite of his. Hecould not use the school resources because his mom would be upset he told anyone about what was going on in their house. His only outlet was his friend. These types of stressors happen to children worldwide and it affects each child differently. In Southern Africaan increasingly number of people are sruggling to stay at the poverty line. Children and their parents struggle with HIV/AIDS, lack of foood and substandard social services to assist them. The biggest worry right now is the future of the children. With multiple stressors (any changes that manifest as shock), children will remain vulnerableand there future will be dull, if they even can make it to adulthood. Many organizations lends the assistance to this part of the world. For example, creating schools, clean water projects, and healthcare, but some researchers suggest this is not enough because people do not understand to the full extent what is going on. People suggest you must fix the government and provide social services to the people in order to fully assist with the recovery efforts out there.

Co sleeping and SIDS

I have three children and my youngest is 9 months old. Co-sleeping is something I done since my first child.  THe reasons I co sleep is for the convenience of night time feedings and I panic when i cannot see or hear by baby. With the recent radio campaigns regarding co sleeping and the risk of SIDS, it is making me think twice.  According  http://blogs.babycenter.com/mom_stories/05222013-new-co-sleeping-study-reveals-shocking-sids-risk/, co sleeping increases the risk of SIDS by five times and 22% of SIDs death was due to co-sleeping. Southern Europe and Asia promote co sleeping. In Asia, the baby sleeps in between their parents a in a basket. They call this practice the river.   No matter what the preference is for the parents, safety should be considered first.