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Truth That Hurts...... Toni L.Vossen 2012

The authors conclude:

“[T]he lack of a secure attachment relationship in the early years has detrimental consequences for both physical and mental health later in life, with long-lasting effects that vary by sex."

The persistence of these effects after the end of treatment emphasizes the need to intervene early in life to prevent long-term damage.”

Another of the paper’s authors, the Nobel-prize-winning economist James Heckman, has long argued that investing in early childhood education provides a greater return for society than virtually any other type of spending, not only because of increased educational success and productivity, but also because of reduced crime, addiction, distress and disorder.

This study, he says,

“shows that early life

 conditions critically

 affect adult health. "

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