drug user- living with someone who was
depressed or attempted
suicide - watching a loved one be
physically abused.
ACEs happen everywhere, in every
community. But studies have shown that
ACEs are far more common in my
corner of the demographic world. A
report by the Wisconsin Children’s Trust
Fund showed that among those with a
college degree or more (the non–
working class), fewer than half had
experienced an ACE. Among the
working class, well over half had at
least one ACE, while about 40 percent