According to NCES 2, only 53 percent of children ages three to five were read to daily by a family member (1999). Children in families with incomes below the poverty line are less likely to be read to aloud everyday than are children in families with incomes at or above poverty.
There is more than hope for people with post-traumatic stress. Recovery can and does occur. Please do not rely on medication alone as it has no power to change the brain permanently. Effective cognitive-behavioral approaches -- which with repetition change the brain -- work in the vast majority of cases.
The absence of a cure makes PTSD treatment a multifaceted challenge. There is emerging evidence that exercise can be a valuable component of a comprehensive PTSD treatment plan (Tsatsoulis and Fountoulakis, 2006). Low-to-moderate intensity exercise can elevate mood, reduce anxiety (Cohen and Shamus, 2009) and act as an overall stress-buffer (Tsatsoulis and Fountoulakis).