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Researchers have found a causal link between maternal nicotine use during pregnancy and a child having ADHD (Full text). The new study also hints-but doesn't prove-that nicotine-replacement products used during pregnancy, such as patches and gum, could pose the same risk to children.
In this large cohort of children followed up to 8 to 14 years of age, we found that both maternal and paternal smoking during pregnancy were associated with an elevated risk for ADHD, based on hospital diagnosis, medication, and hyperactivity/inattention scores. The association was consistently stronger for maternal smoking than for paternal smoking and was also found for mother's use of nicotine replacement during pregnancy. These results suggest a causal effect of smoking (and nicotine) during fetal life or other factors related to maternal nicotine dependance. The findings for paternal smoking could reflect an effect of passive smoking but may also be a result of social or genetic confounding
(Score: -1, Troll) by Ethanol-fueled on Tuesday July 22 2014, @04:34PM
All kids have poor inhibition control. There's this thing called "discipline" out there, and if you're a parent who uses it effectively you're going to have to deal with the occasional unfortunate side-effect of your kids pouting and calling you the worst meanie-weenie in the whole wide world. Shocking, I know.
Anyway, most new parents nowadays are striving to be those cool dream-parents they never had as kids, granting their kids the Disney-movie fantasies they themselves daydreamed about while being grounded.
It reminds me of that scene in Full Metal Jacket where Sgt. Hartman barks, "Well thank you very much, can I be in charge for awhile?!"
So just who is in charge when parents and kids are best-friends?