Assessed were the attitudes toward children of 246 college freshmen. A shortened version of the Situational Attitude Scale-Adults/Children (SAS-A/C) was used to obtain indications of subjects' attitudes toward five hypothetical situations representing levels of social distance. The situations were: (1) having a person as a houseguest for a week; (2) renting a room to someone; (3) having a person live in the adjacent apartment; (4) having dinner in a nice restaurant with another person sitting nearby; and (5) sitting next to a person on an airplane flying non-stop from Washington, D.C. to San Francisco. Two forms of the SAS-A/C were used. Whereas the control form did not designate the ages of the participants in the situation, the experimental form indicated ages by including a child or children under the age of 7 years. Findings indicated that students tended to react more negatively to the situations when children under the age of seven were included. Few differences by sex or the social distance involved in the situations were found. Implications for the education and development of young adults and the ways in which they may acquire prejudiced attitudes toward young children are discussed. Four pages of references conclude the report. (RH)