Pregnancy and Smoking | Smoking during Pregnancy Side Effects on Child

• A Canada-Netherlands study states that, women who smoke during their pregnancy, are likely to deliver children who are very aggressive.
• Aggressive children were characterized as quick to beat, kick, bite, fight with others and bully others.These kids stand a risk of showing violent behavior.
• Also, women who smoked during pregnancy, and had a history of anti-social behavior, (they are school drop-outs, or were addicted to drug abuse, or have had run-ins with the law), posed a greater danger.
• These women stand a 67 % chance of having aggressive kids, if they smoked 10 cigarettes a day.

What constitutes aggressive behavior?

• Kids who are verbally very demanding
• Quarrelsome
• Show an “I don’t care attitude”
• Swearing, shouting, hitting, biting
• Refuses to obey anything

Causes of aggressiveness

• It is very important to bear in mind, that children become aggressive, to release pent up emotions (anger, hurt, fear).
• Probable factors that lead up to it are:
• marital discord among the parents
• lack of encouragement from parents and teachers
• harsh discipline

Tips to handle aggressive behavior

1. Be on the alert for triggers.
   There would be particular events or incidences that set of a violent behavior. Watch out for them.
2. Encourage your child to talk to you. Never ignore or neglect him. It could be extremely harmful for him. Let him verbalize his thoughts and emotions.
3. Never overburden the child with anything. He needs time to relax. Fatigue could promote inappropriate behavior.
4. Let your child take part in a number of extra-curricular activities that he loves. It keeps him occupied and also helps release excess energy.
5. It is very crucial that you remain calm and not hit the roof. This will worsen the situation. Ignore inappropriate behavior and encourage and reward good behavior. Don’t ignore the child, just the behavior.
6. Be affectionate. Let him know that he is really loved and cared for. Sometimes all that is needed is a warm hug.
7. Parents try to control the kid and check the aggressive behavior by overpowering, or beating, or scolding or intimidating them. Parents fail to realize that they are using a form of aggression to fight aggression. Abstain from such behavior.
8. Make sure there is no sibling rivalry.
9. In severe cases, a counselor or a psychologist is required to counsel the child. Don’t shy away from it.
10. Cognitive behavior therapy (CBT), is a very effective technique which helps to handle difficult children. Parent participation and long term therapy is a must for beneficial results to be seen.

Nutrition tip for your Children

Give your child a glass of warm milk to which 2 tablespoons of honey are added, 1 hour before he retires for the night.  Adding a pinch of nutmeg will ensure a good night’s sleep, and wake him refreshed. Poor sleep, inadequate rest, and waking up grumpy, could make a child bad-tempered.

Also, pay careful attention to his diet. A diet which is lacking in macro or micro nutrients could trigger such behavior. Furthermore, remember that, hunger, makes a child irritable and cross.

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