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The Punishment Cycle




                                                    6                          Child struggles due                  1
                                                                               to low skills & high
                                                                                   needs
                                                             Poorer executive                      1. Negative adult
                                                             functioning skills                      response

                                                    5                                                               2


                                                          Higher sensitivity to                       2. Sanction:
                                                             challenge /                           connections worsen
                                                              stressors

                                                    4                                                               3

                                                               Increase in stress                Sanction: sense of
                                                                   levels                         control worsens
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