Kids need stressors, not sterile comfort, to build resilience

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Exposing children to hormetic stressors during their developmental years can foster lasting physiological resilience. This reframes childhood adversity in small, recoverable doses — like cold, heat, or physical challenge — as a feature of healthy development rather than a risk to be eliminated.

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