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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My parents/ILs get annoyed about the car seats because it means they can't drive my kids place unless they have a car seat for them. And car seats, unlike boosters, are harder to install and uninstall on a whim.

But I want my kids in car seats and, also, it's a bonus to me that it means that my parents/ILs don't drive them places because I actually don't trust them very well as drivers and would much rather just drive myself. The grandparents are welcome to ride with us for extra time with the kids.

They complain and I say stuff like "that's how it is now" or "yeah, it's crazy how much this stuff changes from generation to generation" and then just shrug and move on.[/quote]

I trust my stepmom and MIL as much as I trust myself thankfully.  They’re both educators and a bit younger than their husbands.  I just get tired of the comments from my dad and FIL.

I don’t want to punish the matriarchs because their husbands can’t hold their tongues.  And even though they butch they’ll always allow the carseats and have me do a second check as far as buckling goes.  I think deep down they really care and get worried too, but they have to let me know they *think* it’s silly. [/quote]

Your dad and FIL are complaining because installing car seats is annoying and makes every outing take a million years to get set up.  I don’t own a car and I cannot wait for the day borrowing one doesn’t require like five hands to set up car seats and figure out where this particular car/car seat combo needs to hook in.  My oldest does get violently carsick so I also look forward to not having to hose down a car seat after every trip.  That doesn’t mean I’m going to move them out of car seats against medical advice but it does mean I’m a bit cranky about handling car seats.  Fortunately both my kids are big for their ages so we’ll probably be done with the really complicated to carry/install seats sooner rather than later.  Your relatives are complaining about doing more work than they expected to take the kids out.  If they’re actually safe about it, just keep saying these are the rules these days and don’t worry about it.

As for bike helmets, my 80-year-old mother is the he most fanatic helmet person I know so I don’t think disliking helmets is an inherently old person thing…[/quote]

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