双语：宝宝坐童车时背对父母有碍身心发育

Children pushed in buggies which face away from their parents may suffer long-term emotional and language problems, according to a study published on Friday.

上周五公布的一项研究表明，坐童车背对父母的宝宝今后可能会出现情感和语言方面的长期障碍。

The research, believed to be the first of its kind, found that children who were not facing the person that pushed them were less likely to talk, laugh and interact with their parents compared with those babies that did.

研究发现，与在童车里面对父母而坐的宝宝相比，背对父母的宝宝更不爱说笑，也不爱与父母交流。这项研究在该领域尚属首次。

The findings were based on a study of 2,722 parents and babies and an experiment where 20 babies were wheeled in buggies for a mile, facing their parents for half the journey and facing away for the other half.

研究人员对2722对父母和宝宝进行了一项研究，并对20个坐童车的宝宝开展了一项实验。研究人员让父母推着宝宝走一英里的路程，其中半英里让宝宝面向他们，另一半路程让宝宝背对他们。

Parents using face-to-face buggies were twice as likely to talk to their children while the heart rates of the babies fell and they were twice as likely to fall asleep, an indicator that they were feeling relaxed and safe.

结果显示，使用面对式童车的父母与宝宝交流的几率为背对时的两倍，同时，宝宝的心律有所下降，睡着的几率为背对时的两倍，这表明此时宝宝很放松并有安全感。