Front seat rules in your family

[Anonymous]

Do you follow the 13+ rule or something else? I see so many pre-teens in the front seat at drop-off it's shocking!

[Anonymous]

10 and over. 13 is ridiculous.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:10 and over. 13 is ridiculous.

I was 5'6" tall by 12. Use your own judgement.

[Anonymous]

Our kids have to over 13. It's not just about height, it's about physical development and strength. It's certainly no harm to a kid to sit in the back seat.

[Anonymous]

DH lets our 11-year-old ride up front in his car. The kid is 4'11" so I'm not real cool with it but three kids barely fit in his back seat so I understand why he sticks the oldest up front. When the kids are in my minivan, they all sit in the back.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Our kids have to over 13. It's not just about height, it's about physical development and strength. It's certainly no harm to a kid to sit in the back seat.

It's about strength? Do you make Grandma sit in the back seat, too? Or does she have to do three pullups to demonstrate the strength necessary to sit up front?

[Anonymous]

Back seat til 13. That front passenger seat is statistically the seat of death.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Back seat til 13. That front passenger seat is statistically the seat of death.

So then why do you allow it at 13?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:10 and over. 13 is ridiculous.

I was 5'6" tall by 12. Use your own judgement.

Height has to do with seat belt fit and whether to booster or not. The AAP front seat guidelines are all about age -- the minimum age being 13.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:10 and over. 13 is ridiculous.

I was 5'6" tall by 12. Use your own judgement.

Height has to do with seat belt fit and whether to booster or not. The AAP front seat guidelines are all about age -- the minimum age being 13.

Based on what?

[Anonymous]

I think guidelines are about 80 pounds or 12, which happened for my kid around the same time.

to the PP whose kid is 4'11, just saying that I am an adult, 5 feet exactly and I have to drive so I sit in the front.

[Anonymous]

Even if kids are tall, their skeletal structure is not fully developed until about 12-13. That would includes hip bones and sternum, right where the seat belt is grabbing. Statistically, kids under 12 suffer more severe injuries in the front seat. There is more dispersal of impact energy in the back seat than in the front.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Our kids have to over 13. It's not just about height, it's about physical development and strength. It's certainly no harm to a kid to sit in the back seat.

It's about strength? Do you make Grandma sit in the back seat, too? Or does she have to do three pullups to demonstrate the strength necessary to sit up front?

A child who is further along in his physical development is naturally stronger than one who is younger. And actually, yes, my mother was quite frail in the couple of years before she died, so she did sit in the back seat because we loved her and cared about her safety.

[Anonymous]

When my kid broke five feet and 90 lbs for weight.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think guidelines are about 80 pounds or 12, which happened for my kid around the same time.

to the PP whose kid is 4'11, just saying that I am an adult, 5 feet exactly and I have to drive so I sit in the front.

My kid was over 100 lbs at age 12.
I'm age 45, 5 feet and 101 pounds and I drive.