Tag: child behavior

Children whose mothers were frequent cell phone users during pregnancy were more likely than those of less frequent users to be hyperactive, a new study finds. However, lead author Laura Birks is not advising expectant mothers to hang up their cell phones.

She cautioned that she could not say if electromagnetic radiation from cell phones or any number of other factors, such as parenting styles, might explain the link between maternal cell phone use during pregnancy and childhood behavioral problems.

"I would say interpret these results with caution, and everything in moderation," she said in a Skype interview.