Q&A: Don’t a lot of the people who have had difficult childhood remain resilient and able to cope with stress?

Q: Don’t a lot of the people who have had difficult childhood remain resilient and able to cope with stress?

A: If you have the family, the caregiver and child relationship, and if it’s consistent over time and doesn’t have so many up-down swings toward the kid and there is stability within the family, even in bad external environments, a child will be able to do well.

Random Facts about Stress

• Laughing lowers stress hormones and boosts the immune system by releasing health-enhancing hormones.
• The stress hormone cortisol does not only cause abdominal fat to accumulate, but it also blows up individual fat cells, causing what scientists call “diseased” fat.
• Stress is associated with the six leading causes of death: heart disease, cancer, lung ailments, accidents, liver cirrhosis, as well as suicide.