Boy and Girl Racers Start Young

Want your kids to grow into responsible drivers? Watch in the back seat. Research at Bar-Ilan University, Israel, show that, not only do young children absorb your driving style, but they are most influenced by parents of the same sex: So, fathers should be most careful with sons in the back, and mothers with daughters. Depressingly, by age 11, gender stereotypes are already emerging, with boys drawn to speed and likelier to condone traffic violations.