younger children, who have greater difficulty paying attention during lengthy procedures.
Using this method, Gardner et al. (1999) found that children aged from 6 to 14 years were quite accurate in their estimations of their body size compared to adults.
Interestingly, our results were similar and we did not find a significant difference between
children and parents in terms of their level of accuracy.
Finally, our findings showed that patterns of misperceptions are similar for both children and their parents.