Recently, a study on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome stated that babies of mothers who were light drinkers were not at a greater risk than other children. However, the medial reported differently. They stated that the light drinking could be beneficial to some children because there was no difference in their development by the time they turned three.
The problem with the study is that the children examined were only from a high socioeconomic group and these children (as reported) tend to do better developmentally than children from a lower economic group.
Additionally, the adverse effects of light drinking is subtle, unlike the effects …read more

Now, it is safe to say that my opinion on this one is none but the verdict is still (unfortunately) out on this. The facts are that most Fetal Alcohol Children have birth mothers who are alcoholics (who drank at least 8-10 drinks a day) and that children with Fetal Alcohol Effects had birth mothers who probably drank 4-6 drinks a day and so forth on down the line.
However, where does ARND fit in? What happens to kids who are throroughly affected but their birth mother only drank 1-2 drinks a day?

Science is not always right.
Alcohol is always capable of …read more