Age need Carseat question

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:We'd all be safer in a 5 point harness. I'm still not going to keep an elementary schooler in a 5 point. We ditched the high back around 6, still in a booster around 7 so the seatbelt hits the right spot.

This. How embarrassing to roll up to K in a 5 point. I know one family who did this. They are insane.

Eh, I’m relaxed about a lot of things, but my DD was the youngest in her K class, as well as one of the smallest. We tried a booster while she was still in K, and she was not mature enough — couldn’t stay seated upright or stop messing with the seatbelt. I do let her use one in friends’ cars. She knows a harness is safest until she follow the rules that come with a booster.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:We'd all be safer in a 5 point harness. I'm still not going to keep an elementary schooler in a 5 point. We ditched the high back around 6, still in a booster around 7 so the seatbelt hits the right spot.

This. How embarrassing to roll up to K in a 5 point. I know one family who did this. They are insane.

I am the one with the very small DD that is going into 3rd grade and in a 5 point. I am not at all embarrassed about making this safety-related decision and not once has anyone else made a comment about it, not that I would care if they did.

[Anonymous]

DD age 6 is still in a car seat but only because I'm extremely lazy and don't feel like buckling her seat belt with a booster whereas she can put herself in the car seat. She's still within the weight limits for the car seat though.

[Anonymous]

I would insist on it with a 7yo in my car, or that I was responsible for.
You said something which I think is good, now you have to drop it.
They’re being irresponsible, not much you can do other than hope they’re never in a high speed accident or rollover.
A car seat is like insurance, no one plans on getting in a car accident but if you watch or listen to traffic reports you know they happen daily.
Car seat tech

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We'd all be safer in a 5 point harness. I'm still not going to keep an elementary schooler in a 5 point. We ditched the high back around 6, still in a booster around 7 so the seatbelt hits the right spot.

This. How embarrassing to roll up to K in a 5 point. I know one family who did this. They are insane.

NP. My 7 yo is still in a 5 point because she still weighs 38 lbs and doesn’t care at all. We went to a private school last year in CA and she was one of two kids in first grade who used a five point - the other one was just as tiny as mine (I know this because we would do field trips where parents drove so everyone would drop off the car seats/boosters). My 9 yo was in a booster for K but she’s an average % (youngest has always been 2-5%).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Pat yourself on the back that you have reduced your kid's risk of death in a car accident by 0.000000001% vs the other family you know.

It's actually something like 54%. But, ok.

[Anonymous]

If you really prioritize safety, there are carseats that allow for backwards facing up until about 8 y/o.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We'd all be safer in a 5 point harness. I'm still not going to keep an elementary schooler in a 5 point. We ditched the high back around 6, still in a booster around 7 so the seatbelt hits the right spot.

What? So you don’t care if your elementary schooler is riding in the safest way they possibly could, even knowing car accidents are the number one killer of kids?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:We'd all be safer in a 5 point harness. I'm still not going to keep an elementary schooler in a 5 point. We ditched the high back around 6, still in a booster around 7 so the seatbelt hits the right spot.

Exactly. At some point it all gets to be ridiculous. Taken to the extreme, we'd all have race seats, 6-pt harnesses, helmets, HANS, full roll cages, Nomex suit, and fire suppression in our cars.

Umm but just one car seat for a 6-8 year old is NOT what you just described and it’s not ridiculous.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:You’re a superior parent. End of story.

Like you, we keep our petit 10 year old in a 5 point harness. Her older brother is 12 and still sits in a high back booster. I plan to allow them to ride in the front seat at 15.

We prioritize safety over peer pressure.

You can’t be serious. A 12 year old is a 6th grader. I don’t believe you still have a 6th grader sitting in a high back booster.

Actually a 12 year old is either 6th or 7th grade.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We'd all be safer in a 5 point harness. I'm still not going to keep an elementary schooler in a 5 point. We ditched the high back around 6, still in a booster around 7 so the seatbelt hits the right spot.

This. How embarrassing to roll up to K in a 5 point. I know one family who did this. They are insane.

I care a lot more about keeping my kindergartener safe than I do about embarrassment.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We'd all be safer in a 5 point harness. I'm still not going to keep an elementary schooler in a 5 point. We ditched the high back around 6, still in a booster around 7 so the seatbelt hits the right spot.

This. How embarrassing to roll up to K in a 5 point. I know one family who did this. They are insane.

I care a lot more about keeping my kindergartener safe than I do about embarrassment.

+1. Plus no one has ever made a comment about my rising 1st grader who still rides in a 5-point harness car seat. And we carpool w her friends frequently. No one has said anything. Why would it be embarrassing to take a very easy measure that can drastically reduce your chances of dying or being seriously injured in a car accident? Are you also embarrassed to wear a seatbelt? Check your mirrors and signal before changing lanes? Drive the speed limit? Not text while driving? How embarrassing!! You try to keep your kids safe! What an embarrassment! /s

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My 11 year old uses a high back booster and will likely continue to do so for for the next year or so.

I was 11 turning 12 in 7th grade. Couldn't imagine still being in a booster.

If it bothered him i would let him out of it but he really doesn't care.

Yikes.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My DD will be 9 in a few months. She is very small so is still in a 5 point car seat whose limits she is still well under. She sometimes asks why other kids her age (and even size) get to ride in boosters and I explain to her that in our family we prioritize safety. End of story.

How small is she? My DD is 8.5 (turns 9 in March) and she has been in a booster for a while. She is probably around 56-58" tall and weighs around 65 pounds.

She is 47 inches and 43 pounds. She is small.

Those my don’t measurements exactly, but he is 4 and still in a 5 point car seat.

My 7 year old (almost 8) is 55 lbs and maybe 53-55 inches tall and has been in a booster for 1 year. Her almost 10 year old sister is 66 lbs and 57 inches tall and does not sit on anything.
Why do you care? Do you want a pat on the back?

[Anonymous]

Who are these 12 year old who willingly sit in a booster? They don’t have their own opinions?