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Is your booster seat safe?
Graduating from a car seat to a booster seat is a big deal for parents and kids. Kids love how grown up they feel sitting in a less restrictive seat that doesn’t involve a five-point harness and muttered expletives from the adult attempting to strap them in. Parents, of course, love no longer having a reason to mutter expletives every time they have to go somewhere in the car.
But booster seats aren’t just convenient. They save lives and prevent injuries. According to a study by The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, kids ages 4 through 8 riding in booster seats are 45 percent less likely to be injured in a crash than kids who are simply strapped in with seat belts alone. In fact, the widespread use of booster seats has been credited with reducing the number of traffic injuries among kids ages 4 through 6 by 18%.
But not all booster seats are created equal. The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) recently tested 72 models of booster seats to see how well lap and shoulder belts fit children ages 4 to 8 when sitting in them. A correct fit is important when considering how well a booster seat will restrain a child in the event of a crash. Continue reading »
Bad news for Toyota just became good news for parents in the market for a carseat. But is Evenflo that proverbial pot poking fun at the kettle?
The company has offered up a $10 discount on some of its carseats to anyone affected by the Toyota recall. Sounds great on the surface, but this parenting writer apparently has a longer memory than the Evenflo company. Continue reading »
Seat belts have been mandatory in my state since I was a teen, so driving without a seat belt makes me feel naked. But some people still need reminding that buckling up is a safer way to ride in a car.
That’s the message Sussex Safer Roads Partnership wanted to spread with their new ad, “Embrace Life.” And boy, did they ever. As AdGrabber points out, most traffic safety ads are scary and gruesome, laying out the consequences of crashing without protection.
But this ad sends a touching and powerful message by focusing on something different: Life, and the people we love. Watch it below:
Getting into a car accident when you’re pregnant is terrifying – trust me, been there, done that, had to anxiety attack on the way to the hospital. But here’s a bit of good news to keep you breathing in and out (hey, practice your Lamaze!) after an accident:
A new report says airbags are not going to hurt your baby in your belly. Continue reading »
The parents of Hamilton County, IN want to reduce teen traffic accidents in a big way, and have come up with safe driving initiatives called Now Think Now and Buckle Down.
Date night is hard to come by when you’re a new parent. But Bryan and Tina Vannoy don’t let a little thing like no babysitters stop them from a Friday night out on the town.
When the Iowa couple couldn’t find someone to watch their 4-month-old baby girl, the decided to take her along to an Omaha martini bar. They left her in the car while they drank enough to raise their blood alcohol levels to up to twice the legal driving limit.
But, BUT! They checked on the baby repeatedly, so that makes it okay. Right? Continue reading »
You know how, as your baby neared her first birthday, you found yourself more and more anxious to turn her car seat around? After all, her legs looked pretty squished, and not being able to see everyone else in the car made her more than a little cranky.
And then she turned one and hit the 20 pound mark and all became right with the world. Only parents of toddlers today will have to put that sunshine and rainbows moment off for a while — a full year, as it turns out.
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