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[quote=Anonymous]I think many people are missing the point.  Keeping your child rear facing protects them better in crashes that happen with the front of the car.  Between 70 and 80% of crashes happen with the front of the car.  We are talking about probability here.

Rear facing children still die in crashes. Being rear facing does not create a magic bubble around your children.

Children who are rear facing are also children who can do things like put their feet in their mouths.  It would take a whole lot of yoga for me to do that as an adult.  Parents often assume that because they would be uncomfortable in position similar to a rear facing seat, then children must be uncomfortable as well.  It simply isn't the case.

If you want to interact with your child, get out of the car and do it.  This is transportation, not an opportunity to learn all the foam letters before age 18.

A toddler's head takes up about 20% of his or her body weight which is significant when the child is turned forward facing too soon.  All that weight goes toward the point of impact in a crash with the front of the car.  The child doesn't have the benefit that adults have in having their bones ossified, tendons and ligaments developed, and muscles developed.  An adult's head takes up about 6 or 7% of the total body weight.  You do the math.

If you can ignore videos of child size crash dummies' heads flying forward and snapping the spinal column, go right ahead.  If you still don't believe it, head on up to Shock/Trauma in Baltimore and hang out for a while.  See how those patients with spinal columns that have snapped at the cervical spine are doing.  See how many are still alive.

Good luck.

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