Age need Carseat question

[Anonymous]

My youngest will likely be in a 5pt harness for a while because he is petite. Plus, I already own the car seats so it's easy. Doesn't make any difference and he doesn't care.

[Anonymous]

This thread motivated me to get my 1st grader into a booster seat. I had her do the seat belt about 15 times to make sure she could do it. Seat belt fits her perfectly so goodbye carseat!

[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 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.

Do you do any carpooling? Who else has a 5 point harness to use if they drive your kid around?

[Anonymous]

We are looking forward to moving our 16 year old son out of his rear facing car seat soon. I can’t believe you all are all so unsafe. His friends make fun of him relentlessly but he’s so safe. He’s been making new friends but it’s tough. He met a nice young lady from Marshall HS. Her parents let her drive. She came over to pickup my little jimmy and I came out with our extra car seat to install it in the back so he could ride with her to the movies. She said she wasn’t comfortable with it and left. I had to take Jimmy to the movies. It’s been tough but at least he’s safe.

[Anonymous]

This thread is ridiculous. Rather than argue over why your kid should or should not be in a booster, look at the statistics and then reflect on why you may be defensive about your choices. According to CDC, "Booster seat use reduces the risk for serious injury by 45% for children ages 4–8, compared with seat belt use alone." So, it's not 01% safer, it is 45% safer.

Next, for when to go seat belt alone, "A seat belt fits properly when the lap belt is across the upper thighs (not the stomach) and the shoulder belt is across the center of the shoulder and chest (not across the neck or face, and not off the shoulder). This usually occurs when children are between 9 and 12 years old." So yes, a 12-year-old could still be in a booster, but you could also have a giant 8-year old kid (I am looking at the 3-year-old who weighs almost 50 lbs. mentioned before) who doesn't need one.

If you are making decisions based on perceived or potential embarrassment, fine, but don't project onto others.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This thread is ridiculous. Rather than argue over why your kid should or should not be in a booster, look at the statistics and then reflect on why you may be defensive about your choices. According to CDC, "Booster seat use reduces the risk for serious injury by 45% for children ages 4–8, compared with seat belt use alone." So, it's not 01% safer, it is 45% safer.

Next, for when to go seat belt alone, "A seat belt fits properly when the lap belt is across the upper thighs (not the stomach) and the shoulder belt is across the center of the shoulder and chest (not across the neck or face, and not off the shoulder). This usually occurs when children are between 9 and 12 years old." So yes, a 12-year-old could still be in a booster, but you could also have a giant 8-year old kid (I am looking at the 3-year-old who weighs almost 50 lbs. mentioned before) who doesn't need one.

If you are making decisions based on perceived or potential embarrassment, fine, but don't project onto others.

? Most of the comments are about car seat vs booster seat. Not comparing going in raw with just a seat belt. There are no studies comparing safety of car seat vs booster or when one would be better vs the other based on size/weight.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This thread is ridiculous. Rather than argue over why your kid should or should not be in a booster, look at the statistics and then reflect on why you may be defensive about your choices. According to CDC, "Booster seat use reduces the risk for serious injury by 45% for children ages 4–8, compared with seat belt use alone." So, it's not 01% safer, it is 45% safer.

Next, for when to go seat belt alone, "A seat belt fits properly when the lap belt is across the upper thighs (not the stomach) and the shoulder belt is across the center of the shoulder and chest (not across the neck or face, and not off the shoulder). This usually occurs when children are between 9 and 12 years old." So yes, a 12-year-old could still be in a booster, but you could also have a giant 8-year old kid (I am looking at the 3-year-old who weighs almost 50 lbs. mentioned before) who doesn't need one.

If you are making decisions based on perceived or potential embarrassment, fine, but don't project onto others.

? Most of the comments are about car seat vs booster seat. Not comparing going in raw with just a seat belt. There are no studies comparing safety of car seat vs booster or when one would be better vs the other based on size/weight.

https://safeconvertiblecarseats.com/learn/types-of-car-seats/#:~:text=If%20we're%20comparing%20a,impact%20force%20of%20a%20collision.