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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You just need to discuss with the parents and decide on everyone's comfort. I am in a carpool with 11 year olds and two of them weigh more than me and are my height (5 feet). My 11 year old is 4'2 and weighs 65 pounds. 
So, in the carpool, my kid always sits in the back and the 5 feet ones always sit in the front.  It's not age it's size that is the safety thing.[/quote]

Exactly.  My boys were much bigger at 12 than my girls were when they started driving at 15.  Now that I think about it, by 12 all three of my boys weighed more and were taller than I am. I guess I should have been in the back seat.  But we have 9 year olds in car seats these days.  I'm guessing the next step will be five point harnesses for teen drivers.

Life is 100% fatal.  You take a risk every time you walk out the door. At some point this stuff is overkill.[/quote]

Yeah, our soccer carpool had one mom who refused to let her 12 year old ride up front. He was[b] 5'8" and weighed 155 at the time. One of our drivers was a 4'11 85 lb mom[/b]. The tall kid's mom said outright she was fine with our much smaller boys sitting up front in her car if we consented, but she wouldn't put hers there in any circumstance. Still can't wrap my head around it. [/quote]

How do you know someone else's weight?[/quote]

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