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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I thought riders had to be at least 13 to sit in front seat?[/quote]

It is the APA's recommendation after a study showed that kids ages 8-16 are 40% more likely to be critically injured or die in the front seat than the back seat - both properly belted.  It used to be 12, they raise it to 13 last year.  [b]It has nothing to do with how tall or big the kids are, their bone structure and density is different than an adult.  [/b]Not only that, even in minor car crashes, the front air bag deployed can knock a kid pretty hard.  Airbags are made for the minimum, which to the manufacturers, is a 165 lb grown men.

Once they move up there, make sure the seat is all the way back if no one is behind them.  If someone is, minimum halfway back.  Always buckled tight with minimal clothing (no bulky coats)

I highly doubt kids will remember and hate you for making them ride in the back seat.  But even if they do, at least they are alive to hate you.  Think of your worse case scenario in an MVA and think where would you want your kids in that vehicle.  You don't get a do-over in life.

Signed,
National CPS certified Mom of 4

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That is bullshit.

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Oh really???

[i]Differences between children and adults include:

1.  Children’s bones are growing.

Children’s bones are softer than adult bones. The relationship between a child’s bones and muscles also changes over time; some bones grow faster than others.

2.  Child bone growth occurs at the growth plates.

Growth plates define the length and shape of mature bones. When growth is complete in adolescence, growth plates close and are replaced by hard bone.

Growth plates are the weakest link in growing skeletons (weaker/softer than ligaments and tendons), representing fifteen percent of childhood fractures. Damage to child joints usually occurs at the growth plates. Of particular importance, damage to growth plates can affect future bone growth.

Ligament and tendon injuries are fairly unusual in children with immature bone growth plates. Since ligaments are two to three times stronger than the bones, injuries are more likely as bone fragments than to ligaments.

3.  Taller children are not necessarily less prone to injury than their shorter counterparts.

People often assume that taller children are better able to safely perform manual tasks such as heavy lifting. Yet children may be at greater risk following a growth spurt.

Bone growth in children requires "catch up". For example, the long bones of seven-year old girls on average reach eighty percent of their peak length – while the bone mineral content is only forty percent of the ultimate level. That is, their bones grow longer before they become stronger. Following a spurt of bone growth, children also need to learn posture and coordination; soft tissues need to develop to accommodate their new dimensions. 
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