July 14, 2006
COFFIN NAILING YOUR WOMB?:
Smoke in the Womb Makes Unruly Toddlers (Ker Than, 7/14/06, LiveScience)
A new study finds that unborn babies regularly exposed to cigarette smoke in the womb are much more likely to have behavioral problems as young children.The study, detailed in current issue of the journal Child Development, is the first to show a link between smoking during pregnancy and child behavior problems in the first years of life.
The researchers found that 2-year-olds whose mothers were exposed to cigarette smoke while pregnant were nearly 12 times more likely to show clinical levels of behavioral problems compared to their unexposed peers.
Isn't it more likely that anyone with so little self control that they're engaged in this kind of self-destructive behavior in this day and age just isn't a particularly good parent either? Posted by Orrin Judd at July 14, 2006 1:27 PM
OJ,
Yes, it is much more likely. The idea that it is the smoke causing the behavior is absurd.
Posted by: Bruno at July 14, 2006 10:00 PMHardly absurd that they damaged the kids in utero.
Posted by: oj at July 14, 2006 10:03 PMHow does this relate to all the baby boomers. I mean, wasn't smoking ubiquitous in the 40's?
Posted by: RC at July 15, 2006 5:09 AMAnd the Greatest Generation did the worst job of parenting in human history.
Posted by: oj at July 15, 2006 8:37 AMBecause of smoking? And here I've always thought the fault was with liberal secularism.
Posted by: Peter B at July 15, 2006 12:44 PMSmoking is secular liberal.
Posted by: oj at July 15, 2006 12:47 PM