Why America Keeps Electing Children Who Grew Up Too Fast (opens in new tab)

There are two stories Americans tell about childhood. The first is that every child deserves safety, stability, opportunity, loving parents, good schools, clean neighborhoods, and enough security to spend a few years being gloriously unproductive. The second is that our deepest admiration often belongs to the folks who had almost none of those things. We say we want healthy childhoods. Then we build monuments to survivors. A fascinating new study published in Cerebral Cortex may help explain ...