The report reflects what Dr. Yolanda Wimberly, assistant professor of clinical pediatrics at the Morehouse School of Medicine and the medical director for the Center for Excellence in Sexual Health, sees in the clinics where she works.

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Another study, published recently in Clinical Pediatrics showed even higher numbers: 82% of 65 parents of children younger than 6 said they would use the medications, and nearly three-quarters of those indicated they would administer the wrong dose.

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More than 90% of parents believe that a high fever can cause brain damage in children (it can't) and nearly two-thirds would give anti-inflammatory drugs such as aspirin to a child with a slightly elevated temperature that is below 100 degrees Fahrenheit (not recommended), according to a study in Clinical Pediatrics.

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The numbers may reflect that while most people have heard of the pill and condoms, they have never been taught how to use the pill or where to get it, or how to put on a condom, said Dr. Yolanda Wimberly, assistant professor of clinical pediatrics at the Morehouse School of Medicine and an adolescent medicine specialist with Grady Health Systems in Atlanta, Georgia.

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"The reason why toddlers have tantrums is they don't have verbal or cognitive skills yet, " said Dr. Lisa Shulman, an associate clinical professor of pediatrics at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in Bronx, New York.

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