Health starts early -- with loving family, good nutrition and a safe, stable environment. Children who face traumatic experiences early in life often develop less healthy minds and bodies. Studies show physical changes in brain development leading to lower cognitive ability. Your mother is a doctor and educator, and she has seen this firsthand.

健康是一件着手很早的事情，包括相亲相爱的家庭、良好的营养以及安全稳定的环境。幼年时期受过创伤的孩子，心智和身体都无法得到良好的发育。研究显示，大脑发育的变化可导致认知能力的降低。你的妈妈是位医生和教育家，她很早就意识到了这一点。

If you have an unhealthy childhood, it's difficult to reach your full potential. If you have to wonder whether you'll have food or rent, or worry about abuse or crime, then it's difficult to reach your full potential. If you fear you'll go to prison rather than college because of the color of your skin, or that your family will be deported because of your legal status, or that you may be a victim of violence because of your religion, sexual orientation or gender identity, then it's difficult to reach your full potential.

如果你有不健康的童年，那么就很难完全发挥潜力。如果你必须要担心自己是否有足够的食物或居所，或担心受到虐待或犯罪，那也很难发挥潜力；如果你担心自己因肤色问题进入监狱而非大学，或担心家人因为你的身份地位被驱逐，又或担心自己因为宗教、性取向或者性别而成为暴力受害者，你也很难发挥全部潜力。

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