Pregnant women might want to take a time-out from using their cell phones if they want to avoid behavior problems in their children later on, or so suggests a new study.
Quoting Time’s report on the study:
“Children exposed to cell phones before and after birth were 50% more likely to have emotional or behavior problems by the age of 7, compared with kids who were not exposed to the phones, according to a new study of 28,745 children.“
The study tried to control for factors such as the amount of attention mothers paid to their children (so we can’t jump to the conclusion that women who talk on the phone a lot while pregnant are simply more neglectful mothers — more annoying, maybe, but not more neglectful).
