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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No one wants their child to die in a car accident, obviously. But when did we become so risk-averse that tolerating any risk at all is tantamount to child abuse?

I'm old, and when I was a kid, we didn't even have car seats (or shoulder belts; lap belts were optional). On long car trips, I sat on the lap of whichever parent was in the front passenger seat.

Miraculously, I made it to adulthood. (Except it's really not miraculous, the odds of someone dying in a car accident -- although higher than the odds of a plane crash or a stranger abduction -- are still pretty small.)

Better auto safety (car seats/shoulder belts/airbags/etc.) is a good thing, of course. My baby is rear-facing and my daughter's in a booster. But it seems bizarre to me that a child might have to ride in the back seat until s/he is old enough to drive. [/quote]

Well there was a family going to Disney a few months ago and the mom had their 4yr old daughter on her lap sleeping in the passenger seat. They both died in an accident and it wasn't even "long ago"   If the mom was in a belt and the daughter in car seat in the back, maybe they could type against your "no big deal" comments. [/quote]

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