The first three years of life are crucial to how a child's brain develops. The impacts of prolonged distress and trauma on child development can be severe. Children living amid war are among the most at risk. So how does early trauma affect the brain? Which impacts can be lifelong? And how can these impacts be prevented or reversed? This is what to know about how conflict and violence can wire and rewire a child's brain – and what we can do about it.
Character designs and style exploration by Valentina Perrone.
