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I thought this video was very interesting. It is very sad what some of these children have had to go through so early on in life. The one thing that stood out to me from the video is the results of the children most think the littler the child they less they under stand and process these negative things but in the video they prove that it is quite the opposite actually. The youngest child had processed that negative experience and it had a more lasting impact on him than the older siblings. It is important to be aware of these things when around or working with children.

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It was heartbreaking to see how much violence affects the the younger children more than it does the older. It makes sense however, because of the fact that being an infant they soak everything up around them. Even know they might now know what is exactly happening there is fear and they absorb the information that they saw. In the example in the beginning caught my because of the older boy was numb to the whole thing. Then came the little girl where she just blamed herself for the whole thing. Finally the little baby, who seemed fine then, but a couple years later was creating violence at school. They are the ones that their physical and mental health was affected the most.

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After watching the video I understood that the younger a child is, the more vulnerable he is to trauma than an older child. When they are exposed to domestic violence, they are experiencing a state of fear. Now when this is happening the brain starts to change as they grow. As the children grow, they experience difficulties in socializing with others due to the fact that they are or were exposed to violence at a young age. This can also create a chain of generations continuing that violence and create a cycle of repetition, if not dealt with sooner.

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After watching this video, I realized how much infants physical and mental health are impacted by being exposed to violence or abuse. At such a young age children absorb everything around them so being in an abusive environment takes a huge toll on the brain development. It is really sad to see young children feeling so hopeless and alone because of this situation.

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After watching “first impressions: exposure to violence and a child’s developing brain” I learned that the younger a child is exposed to abuse and violence the more it will impact them . Children ages birth- 3 years old are like sponges meaning they absorb everything and that is how they’re able to meet so many milestones. But this means that they can also absorb abuse and violence going on in their environment. When they are exposed to violence and abuse the lower part of their brain is impacted and hard to change as they grow older.

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I found the video to be a reminder that witnessing violence can be more detrimental then experiencing the "actual" violence itself. The example of the infant in the crib exhibiting behavioral problems years later show that no matter the age the signs do not always manifest immediately.

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After watching the video " First Impressions: Exposure to Violance and a Child's Developing Brain", I learned that even though it is good that children are like sponges and are able to take in all their new experiences and store them, at the same time if there is violence or abuse that the child is being exposed too, them more vulnerable the child is to trauma than someone who's older. For example the children they showed in the video, the baby was the one that turned out to have the most harm since later on when he was older he hurt someone at his preschool. I find that to be very interesting/ shocking since the child was only about 6 months when the abuse at home was going on yet he was the one who was most hurt by the situation.

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In the video I was saddened to see the long term family patterns of battery. One police officer wrote that in her family there was abuse and now her two brothers are abusive and her sisters are both with abusive partners. I know family dynamics are difficult and there are so many factors that we have no control of but as the video said it is possible to heal our frontal cortex. I was surprised to learn that infants store abuse and stimulus like sounds and sights. Abuse to an infant could show years later.

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During the video, I was taken back to a memory of a couple years ago that reminded me very much of the negative effects of expose to violence and a child's developing brain. At CI a couple of my friends were reenacting a short scene from a show from the previous year. My friend and her 2 year old son were also of attendance. This scene included verbal argument between a boyfriend and girlfriend. There were hurtful things said, as soon as the girlfriend went down to her knees crying, and the boyfriend was acting     as if he was about to hit her, the little boy went over to the girl from the sidelines because he noticed how visibly shaken, crying on her knees and began to comfort her and see if she was okay. I know for a fact that he has not experienced this in his own home life which goes to show how children recognize everything even if others think it may go over their heads.

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After watching this video nothing was new information to me because I've already  learned about how stress at a young age affects children. It affects the way they create bonds and relationships, and it also affects their behavior. What stood out to me was how they mentioned that the child ends up being labeled for misbehaving. I think that since we are students planing on working with children and families it's important to take notice of misbehaviors and instead of making assumtions asking and getting to know why the child is acting out. As a result it may mean that a child abuse/neglet report has to be called in, and since most of us will be mandated reporters because of our career we should know how to properly ask questions and make a report. Overall the video was eye opening, and it's sad how stress and violence does affect children.

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After watching First Impressions: Exposure to Violence and a Child's Developing Brain, I learned that the top of the brain is very important because that's where all of the thinking happens and that's the part that is the most changeable. This means that if a child has constant developmental experiences of threat and exposure to domestic violence the lower part of the brain can be impacted and will later be more difficult to change. The thing that stood out to me the most was that towards the end of the video, they mentioned that the brain has the ability to rewire and heal itself in the most important area, the cortex. This gave me hope that although children might have experienced trauma throughout their childhood, they can overcome those experiences if they are exposed to healthy relationships and peers.

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After watching the video, “First Impressions: Exposure to Violence and a child’s Developing Brain”, I learned that you could develop new neurons to the brain and heal. To me this means that you might take time to heal the trauma that you have been exposed and build new strategies that you might want to implement in the future. Like the mirror of the behaviors you want to teach your children, I think that is very powerful because growing up you implement what you liked and try to eliminate behaviors your parents use.

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This video was interesting in the way that it taught me a few things I wasn't aware of. I learned babies can be seriously affected by home domestic violence, even if the children are not physically hurt, when they are in high level stress situations they absorb that stress which may interfere their brain development. Children that grow in a home with domestic violence are more likely to exhibit challenging behaviors because they are in survival mode and it might lead to them growing up to be offenders. An ah ha towards the end they mention to love your children and model behaviors because they will learn from us, giving them the attention and spending time with them should not be viewed as spoiling them as this will help the child build those bonds and benefit them in their brain development.

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After watching the First Impressions video, I learned that a baby as young as a couple months can take in the most out of a negative or stressful than older children. For example the children from the 911 call, that seemed fine but were internally not fine including the baby who ended up hurting a child in preschool. I found it interesting that the video mentioned that the children who are typically labeled as bad or defiant are the ones who are probably experiencing stressful, or chaotic, or neglectful home environment. I agree when the video mentioned that in order to change children need to be expose to positive experiences with adults including teachers, because we want to have a good trusting relationship with our students to make them feel safe.

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After watching the video, "First Impressions: Exposure to Violence and a Child's Developing Brain," I learned about how being expose to violence, not only physical but witnessing verbal violence as well, can affect children and how they will behave with others when they grow up. I found it important when they mentioned that these violent behaviors in the home can even affect an infant. Just because infants cannot talk or really communicate with us doesn't mean that they cannot understand what is going on around them. It was sad to see the story of one of the brothers telling how he witnessed his eight-year-old brother cutting and wanting to kill himself. This video really got me thinking about how in the future, when I have my own children, I need to try my best to make sure that they grow up in a loving and caring home environment because it is scary to think about this and realized that I failed as a parent.

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Watching this video I felt so helpless to think about how many children till this day are growing up still exposed to violence wether its verbal or physical. As one of the guys mentioned he took it upon himself to want something better and not continue the cycle that he grew up in. He learned from his friends what a normal family setting should feel like. It brought up memories for my self as well of growing up in a verbal abusive home. There is so much of my childhood that I blocked away that I don't remember most of it. As i grew older I realized this was not okay, my mother tells me it was to late for her to leave but to make sure I never end up with someone that will verbally abuse me or my future children. I know that I never want my children to feel any of the pain I felt.

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After watching First Impressions: Exposure to Violence and a Child's Developing Brain young children that are exposed to violence can have lifetime of mental health issues. Listening to the story of the 8 year old boy coming home wanting to kill himself broke my heart. I cannot imagine being so young and feeling hopeless and alone. And then the 6 year old brother trying to help him. They did not have the benefits of living in a loving safe environment. And I think that is why it is so important as caregivers to have positive caring relationships with young children. And the value of observing young children looking for any social and emotional cues, talking to the child if they can verbally express their feelings.

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The thing that stood out to me from watching this video was the quote, "Exposure to violence is a life-time legacy." I agree with this quote and it made me sad that children who grow up in violent households grow up to be violent themselves or think it is normal for people to be violent towards them. I found it interesting that babies can absorb or sense their parents internal states such as stress or depression. This video taught me that parents need to show their children how to deal and cope with stressful situations in appropriate ways. I also learned that people can "rewire" the neurons in their brains of what a good relationship looks like and what is the right thing to do in stressful situations. Having the child talk about their feelings and how they felt while seeing their parents use violence will also help them feel the sense of "it's not your fault." and to reflect on how they would have handled that situation in the future in an appropriate and non-violent way.

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After watching the video brought back so many memories that I have chosen to block out of my life.I was a survivor of domestic violence and my children grew up to about nine years old for my daughter and my son who was two years old. my children watched their father physically and mentally abuse me everyday.I was afraid and when I was able to get the courage to leave it was the best discussion I made for myself and my children. As a result of the violence my son suffered a lot of anger issues and and both my children ended up with mental issues as well. In the video it showed a child with having night mares and I thought to myself my poor son he suffered so many night mares. Trauma to a young infant and as a teen is a big issue.Parents of domestic violence should receive therapy so that they can help there children overcome the big problem of being abuse in there life. I chose to go to school to work with special needs children but my heart goes out to children of abuse and family abuse as well. As a teacher I will always be on the look out of signs that children give when they are being abuse or watching abuse.Early detection is the best. Children and babies brains are like sponges .

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Watching this video broke my heart but was necessary to understand the severity of children being exposed to violence. Not only does it affect them physically but mentally as well. It can can problems that children carry with them their entire life. An example that stood out to me was when the child was having night terrors. Trauma can manifest in so many ways and as a kid and even teen I would wet the bed due to trauma I experienced as a child, it wasn’t until I started seeing a therapist that we came to that conclusion but it’s really interesting and heartbreaking to see how certain behaviors can have a much deeper meaning. When I was in the classroom I always paid close attention to things that seemed odd but were completely out of the norm, I went to the master teacher with some concerns and the child later disclosed what was going on. I won’t go into detail due to confidentiality but I’m glad that I was able to get them help.

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The First Impressions: Exposure to Violence and a Child’s Developing Brain gave me a better understanding of how violence impacts a child. Whether it is directly or indirectly children are like sponges and they go through those violent experiences in their own way. An example I liked from the video was when the mother was talking about her baby being exposed to violence and how he was dealing with it via his night terrors. Those night terrors were a way the baby was seeing the world around him and in that world, he was living in fear. Instead of feeling safe and secure, this child will now deal with possible mental/phycological issues in the future. Growing up my mother was a stay at home mom so my siblings and I were very fortunate to have been raised full-time by both of my parents. Being showered with love, affection, and constantly reassures was something that had a positive impact on my brain development.

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After watching the video, what I took from it is that when a child is exposed to violence it affects them  both physically and mentally. It was stated in the video that children who are exposed to domestic violence live with that fear of being at home because they know things are not okay in " their home" and this is what stood out to me because a home for me is a place where I feel safe and do not have to worry about safety but these children who are exposed to violence do not considered that place their home because how and why would a place that feels unsafe be considered a home. What also stood out to me was Tony story and how he saw his older brother sad and how he tried to take pills and then he started cutting himself all over. This made me sad because for a child to do this is extreme and that child may see this as the only way out which is so sad. It saddens me to know that there are many children out there that experience this but do not say a word. An aha moment for me was what was stated towards the end which was that parents need to understand that the brain of their child will become exactly what the child is exposed to and it was an aha moment  because I do not think that a lot of people think that this a thing but it is! One as a parent must set the example of how we want our children to be raised because children tend to mirror and mimic what they see. And so when they act a certain way parents at times tend to be surprised but who do we think they learn that from? Their parents/their home environment and such.

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Watching this video was difficult because they are talking about innocent children that are having to deal with these issues in their home. It breaks my heart that this is becoming more common to hear about and makes me want to help the children who are being abused or seeing abuse. I thought it was interesting how the baby in the family had a violent experience in pre school. This surprised me because I wouldnt have thought that the baby would have been paying attention to whats going on which caused them to be violent. 

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Watching this video was difficult because they are talking about innocent children that are having to deal with these issues in their home. It breaks my heart that this is becoming more common to hear about and makes me want to help the children who are being abused or seeing abuse. I thought it was interesting how the baby in the family had a violent experience in pre school. This surprised me because I wouldnt have thought that the baby would have been paying attention to whats going on which caused them to be violent. 

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Shanna Casswell                           In the video it said "the tragic reality of children growing up in domestic violence is that the child will end up with mental health problems at a rate higher then children who are actually the direct victims of the physical abuse." This is refering to the roller coaster effects because just like rembering your first roller coaster the child will always rember how their childhood was being in domestic violence. the brain of a child will become exactly what the child is exposed to.

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Shanna Casswell                           In the video it said "the tragic reality of children growing up in domestic violence is that the child will end up with mental health problems at a rate higher then children who are actually the direct victims of the physical abuse." This is refering to the roller coaster effects because just like rembering your first roller coaster the child will always rember how their childhood was being in domestic violence. the brain of a child will become exactly what the child is exposed to.