Children In Cults
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
INTRODUCTION
- Cults typically refer to social group that are defined by their unusual religious, spiritual, or philosophical beliefs.
- More set on protest than reaching an equilibrium
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BRAIN DEVELOPMENT
- Traumatized
- Cognitively underdeveloped
- Cortisol levels raised (stress)
- Distrust
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SIDE EFFECTS
- Education
- Child baptism
- Child brides
- Parental alienation
- Harmful effects as an adult
- Suicide
- Lack of proper medical treatment
- Corporal punishment
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FAMOUS CULTS
- The People’s Temple (1955-1978)
- The Branch Davidians (1955-1993)
- Children of God-Family International (1968-Present)
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NATURE VS. NURTURE
- Nurture: kids in cults are raised in a controlling and often an aggressive environment that can alter their levels of cortisol and put them under much stress.
- Nature: epigenetic of trauma
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CONCLUSION
- Children are very at risk for some very serious side effects while being raised in cults
- These effects can pour into their adult lives and alter how they view the world
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