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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]In MD, there is no particular law about age/height/weight to sit up front.  I looked this up last year; DS is now 11 years old.  He is tall for his age.

My criteria--to even consider it--was whether he weighed enough to activate the airbag in the front passenger seat.  My car has a indicator light to show whether the person sitting in the front passenger seat activates the airbag or not.  He now weighs enough that he does, so I let him ride in the front seat.  I read an article once that described how teaching children how to drive safely starts well before they are old enough to get a permit.  I comment on things as I drive (not constantly, but once in a while) like why I did a particular thing, or how someone else was driving unsafely and how I changed what I did because of it.  So, having him ride up front, when I feel that it is safe enough based on the airbag being activated and other factors, allows me to lay the foundation for other driving/safety/life lesson.

OK, that's my 2 cents...[/quote]

To me, this seems like a very important consideration.  Thanks for the reasoning.[/quote]

DH has let our DS sit up front since he was 10 for just this reason...he says they talk and bond more. I didn't like it at first but I made sure the belts fit correctly (DH is very bad about checking this) and I insist he slides the seat all the way back.[/quote]

19:19 here again.  I didn't want to ramble on too much earlier, but, yes, DS and I really to talk more with him in the front seat.  When he first started sitting up front, he was enjoying everything he could see better and got into trying to learn/name/recognize all the different makes of cars (Toyota, Ford, etc.).  It was totally adorable and unexpected, but we kind of got into a game of seeing who could call them out first.  I can definitely see the tween/teen years coming, so I don't take any of the connecting and enjoying time together for granted![/quote]

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