“…Adverse childhood experiences are so pervasive that scholars have called them a public health epidemic (Felitti et al, 1998; Garcia & Lawson, 2014; Oehlberg, 2012; Federal Partners Committee on Women and Trauma, 2013). The results of this research indicate that children who experience adverse childhood experiences are at risk to experience chronic stress, anxiety, depression, future violence and victimization, chronic health conditions, cognitive impairments, decreased life potential, difficulties with executive functioning, impulse control, emotion regulation, low self-esteem, and even premature death (Alim et al, 2006; Anda et al, 2006; Brown et al, 2009; Copeland et al, 2007; Felitti et al, 1998; Giaconia et al, 1995; Gilbert et al, 2015; Metzler et al, 2017; Perry, 2006).…”