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Back-Seat Tweeners
The Automotive Coalition for Traffic Safety is alarmed at the number of kids between 8 and 12 who are riding in the front seat. A study by the nonprofit group found that about one-third of 400 children surveyed - and half of the 12-year-olds - sat up front, putting them at higher risk of injury or death in an accident. The nonprofit says 417 children between the ages of 8 and 12 died in traffic crashes in 2004, an average of more than one per day. About one-third of the 12-and-under children who were killed in crashes in 2000 were riding in the front seat, according to the Centers for Disease Control.
The CDC says kids should be 4-foot-9 before leaving a booster seat, then ride in the back through age 12. The nonprofit SafetyBeltSafe U.S.A. goes even further, recommending kids stay in back until they can drive themselves.
Where does your tweener ride? Got a 12-year-old that's bigger than you and rebels at the back seat? Send your thoughts to parenting@washingtonpost.com. I'll post some responses next week.
Smart Babies
Before they can walk and talk, babies have a grasp of numbers, according to a new study. At 7 months, babies listened to a recording of two women speaking and chose to look at a photo of two women. When they heard three voices, they picked the photo with three faces.
"We conclude that the babies are showing an internal representation of 'two-ness' or three-ness,'" says a researcher.
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