Which Way The Bus is Travelling?

Can you figure which way the bus is going? While this�brain teaser is leaving most adults scratching their heads, kids surprisingly got the answer in an instant.�

National Geographic is making every�mind snarled up with this tricky brain teaser puzzle as some can’t tell which way the bus is travelling. With their own version, they showed to a number of kids under 10 a picture of a yellow bus with identical windows on both�ends without�giving a�clue where the�bus door or which is the front or back side of the bus.

Brain teasers are usually given in schools as a logic test for pupils. In this test, they have proven there’s more than chocolates and toys in their brains. And Mums would have a huge hopes they’d take advantage of their logic too in picking their clothes on the floor and cleaning up after their mess. Holler to all�mums out there!

Actually, the correct answer to this puzzle is—- it may vary on what country you belong. For Australians, the bus is travelling on the right because our vehicles are right-hand driven but for Americans, the answer is the bus is going left.

In an episode of Brain Games in National Geographic, 80%of the kids under 10 tested,�got this answer instantly! One proud kid was asked�how�they figure the trick�and he answered with conviction ‘because ‘we’re smart???’. Oh yeah! mums are indeed proud having raised a generation of Einstein and Steve Jobs!

Watch the Brain Games series on National Geographic, Monday 9PM.

Watch this teaser on how kids outwit grown ups in this baffling puzzle.

Let’s face it. We’re getting a bit old and kids are getting�smarter in many ways. But this stark of contrast is what paints an amazing parenting vignette�in life’s canvass.

Have you figured where the bus is going? Of course you do, these kids had the�answer! LOL.�

Clare Whitfield Chief Editor

Clare Whitfield is the Editor of Stay at Home Mum and a recognised voice in practical home management for Australian families. Based in the northern suburbs of Sydney, she balances editorial leadership with life as a stay at home mum to two school age children. Her background in home economics and more than a decade of experience in recipe development, family budgeting, and household systems inform her work.

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