Pop Quiz, Hotshot:
1) Should a 1-year-old child be able to tell between right from wrong?
2) Should a 1-year-old child be ready to begin toilet-training?
These questions were part of a survey given by researchers to 10,000 U.S. parents of 9 month olds. On the 11 item quiz, one-third of those asked couldn't answer four questions correctly.
And their inability didn't seem to be related to mere testing anxiety. These parents had no idea what they could realistically expect from their children. This ignorance isn't without harm. Researchers conclude that low parenting knowledge of what babies can actually do is having a negative impact on how parents behave with their kids.
In case you were wondering, both questions have the same answer: No.
