Lasting affect of parental fighting on sleeping patterns of their kids

Infants’ sleep patterns can be disrupted if their parents are constantly arguing, a new study finds.

Infants who heard regular blow-ups between parents when they were 9 months old continued to have troubled sleep patterns — marked by problems getting to sleep and staying asleep — even when they were 18-month-old toddlers.

More than 300 U.S. children and parents were stuydies, and all of the children were adopted at birth in order to control for any influence of genetics.

http://health.usnews.com/health-news/family-health/sleep/articles/2011/05/11/parents-fighting-can-even-affect-infants-study

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