NSES Content Standard F Science in Personal and Social Perspectives: Personal and community health  Grades 9-12, page 197  Families serve basic health needs, especially for young children. Regardless of the family structure, individuals have families that involve a variety of physical, mental, and social relationships that influence the maintenance and improvement of health.

 
Benchmark 6B The Human Organism: Human Development
Grades 6-8, page 133
The developing embryo--and later the newborn infant--encounters many risks from faults in its genes, its mother's inadequate diet, her cigarette smoking or use of alcohol or other drugs, or from infection. Inadequate child care may lead to lower physical and mental ability.