Re: NY Post..Autism caused by .... MARRIAGE!!!!!

[Guest guest]

Eureeka!!!! Autism is caused by MARRIED PARENTAL STRESS!!!!! Who knew? Absolutely amazing .. the conclusive evidence is now here!!!!!!

Harvard's Scientific Council devoted an entire article to maternal depression, concluding that depressed mothers, through no fault of their own, involuntarily pass their stress onto their babies, beginning in the womb. Their children may be born with an oversensitive, overreactive stress response that is characteristic of autism.

Duh you think these geniuses even thought it might not be a good idea to give EVERY child a "one size fits all" vaccine within hours of birth .. because .. some may be born with an oversensitive, overreactive immune system?

http://tinyurl.com/2vfroz3

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/opedcolumnists/the_parental_stress_behind_autism_ftaEew8SONWmsn1SEaKBZK

The Parental Stress Behind Autism

By DAVID CODE

Last Updated: 12:43 AM, June 1, 2010

Posted: 12:22 AM, June 1, 2010

Parents stressed out from hectic lives and neglected or volatile marriages are putting their kids' health at risk, too. Parental stress may be a major factor in many childhood problems, including even autism and asthma.

That's the conclusion of more than 20 separate studies, including several articles by the National Scientific Council for the Developing Child, a Harvard-based group of researchers from top universities: "The realization that stresses experienced by parents and other caregivers can affect a child's developing brain architecture and chemistry in a way that makes some children more susceptible to stress-related disorders later in life is startling news to most people."

Today's children are paying the price for their parents' stressful lifestyles, because kids pick up on everything. They absorb the anxiety in their household until their fragile little nervous systems hit "overload," and then they act out or get sick.

The Harvard group specifically links parental stress to asthma, and these findings are echoed by several other studies, comprising almost 6,000 British children and nearly 3,000 California children. The conclusion is that parental stress increases the risk of asthma in kids, especially boys, even when their parents have no history of asthma.

Harvard also links parental stress to children's diabetes, depression and anxiety disorders -- but stops short of naming ADHD or autism, preferring instead the more general term of "psychological" and "neurodevelopmental disorders." However, the council states that "stress-system overload can significantly diminish a child's ability to learn and engage in typical social interactions across the lifespan."

An example of parental stress affecting a child's developing brain can be found at a top-flight research center in Baltimore with a national database of 10,000 families with autistic children. More than half of those mothers were diagnosed with depression even before their autistic child was born.

Harvard's Scientific Council devoted an entire article to maternal depression, concluding that depressed mothers, through no fault of their own, involuntarily pass their stress onto their babies, beginning in the womb. Their children may be born with an oversensitive, overreactive stress response that is characteristic of autism.

The council writes, "The continuing failure to address the consequences of [maternal] depression for large numbers of vulnerable, young children presents a missed opportunity to help families and children in a way that could have far-reaching implications for the productivity, health, and well-being of the next generation."

So, if more than 5,000 mothers were depressed even before their autistic children were born, what caused the mothers' depression? Research suggests marital problems are a major stressor for couples but not just in terms of mom and dad arguing.

Most couples believe that if they don't fight much, then they don't have relationship problems. But our silent flight response is a huge relationship problem and a big source of stress in today's family, because we don't even realize that "flight" is just as harmful as "fight."

We're kidding ourselves that all is well as we "flee" our spouses every day. We turn to our electronic screens, work long hours, shuttle our kids, co-sleep with our kids or make up excellent reasons why we never have sex anymore.

Today's favorite way to avoid our spouses may be to throw ourselves into overparenting. It may seem child friendly to marry our kids instead of our partners, but we don't realize that when a marriage grows distant, the household-stress level goes up, and then the children suffer and act out.

As one researcher wrote, "Most children don't want to spend as much time with their parents as parents assume; they just want their parents to be more relaxed when they're together."

Our silent flight response creates just as much stress as our loud fight response. Researchers at the University of Rochester discovered that a couple's withdrawal from each other has a greater impact on their children's mental health and behavior than parents who argue.

And parents can't hide discord. A study at Notre Dame suggests that children focus not only on what parents say but also on facial expressions, body language and the "vibe" of the household.

The solution? To raise healthy kids, put your marriage first and your children second. For many of today's couples, the children are priority No. 1 and marriage is priority No. 10 -- but few of us make it past the top three priorities on our daily to-do list.

Knowledge is power, and once we become aware of how we are distancing from our spouses, it's win-win for the family. We can improve our marriages, pass less baggage onto our kids and set a great example for their future relationships.

Code is an Episcopal minister and author of "To Raise Happy Kids, Put Your Marriage First."

[Guest guest]

Well, the gist of the article suggesting marriage stress is a key factor/cause

of autism seems patently ridiculous.

However, I am fairly convinced that stress well may be one factor in the puzzle

of why some kids are affected severely and some seem to be much less affected.

Stress actually reduces the body's ability to detox. That was one of the first

things I learned when i started trying to understand methylation and read

information sources totally unrelated to this controversy for that purpose.

So, it does seem possible that children who are suffering from a lot of stress

may be less able to excrete mercury, lead, and aluminum--and thus, more likely

to accumulate it.

They may then be much more likely to end up with it in their brains after it is

injected into their bodies with a complementary slug of tylenol and maybe some

antibiotics, (both of which also decrease methylation).

The chances of disaster may be even greater when their gut flora is messed up

from formula, antiseptic deliveries, poor food quality, antibiotics, etc.) which

can result in increased production of methylmercury from ingested mercury-- and

leaky gut--leading potentially to increased absorption of mercury from food).

And given the discussion of " depressed " moms in the article, I wouldn't overlook

the possible contribution of antidepressant drugs to the whole picture.

End result of multiple factors with stress contributing: " autism "

So, imo, there very well could be a correlation between stress levels and the

likelihood of a child developing autism. Severe stress could also be a

contributing factor involved in immigrant children having a higher chance of

developing autism (...combined with the multiple vaccines they get to qualify to

immigrate).

JMO