Consequences of Stress on Children’s Development

When I think of my own life experiences and the major stressors mentioned in this week’s blog assignment, I would have to say that I have been blessed to have not have had to personally experience any of these stressors.  

I chose to continue to explore the country of Cambodia as I mentioned them in last week’s blog post. As I previously mentioned the country of Cambodia had a very high percentage of breastfed babies in 2010. Water Pollution was one factor that contributed to this high percentage. According to the Water for Cambodia website, Over 50% of the rural Cambodian population does not have access to safe drinking water (Water for Cambodia, 2013). The website also reports 20 percent of childhood deaths of children under the age of 5 are a result of waterborne illness. I imagine that this would cause the children there to live their lives afraid of death and becoming ill. They may not want to get close to other children socially for fear of losing their friends or their friends losing them to illness.  

Water for Cambodia. (2013). The Problem. ) Retrieved from http://www.waterforcambodia.org/