Drinking a glass of wine every week during pregnancy will help mothers have well-behaved children, a latest research states.
Researchers at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark, analyzed the data of 100,000 pregnant women from 1996 to 2002. They were asked about their drinking habits.
These pregnant women were interviewed twice, once when children were six months old and again when children turned seven.
The researchers found children of the women who drank 90 units of alcohol were better behaved. "My study shows, among other things, that the children of mothers who drank small quantities of alcohol - 90 units or more - during their pregnancies show significantly better emotional and behavioral outcomes at age seven compared to children of mothers who did not drink at all," lead study author Janni Niclasen said in a news release.
"At first sight this makes no sense, since alcohol during pregnancy is not seen as beneficial to child behavior," he added. "But when you look at the lifestyle of the mothers, you find an explanation."
However, he cautioned that the study results does not say that drinking during pregnancy is advised, reported the Daily Mail.
Furthermore, it is necessary to understand the emotional bond between a child and his mother to know more the behavior.
"This is a problem because we know that attachment is a very significant predictor for child cognitive and mental health," she said. "Therefore it should be taken into account in our statistical analysis."
The researchers, however, maintained that the findings only applied to women who consumed small amount of liquor during pregnancy and not to the heavy drinkers.
