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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We have a couple of kids that carpool to our small private Montessoi school. There is an area on the side of the porch and the parent doing drop off just leaves the carseats needed for pickup in the corner. The other parent gets there, puts the carseats in the car, then goes in and gets the kids. Latch connectors make this much easier.

so just latch, no tether?

Please read the instructions on your car seat. I have had a lot of seats, and can't think of one booster seat that uses a tether.

I think the OP is still using a harnessed car seat, therefore the tether comments. Those are indeed a nuisance to install every day.

And the PP above references car seats. Not boosters.

Just wondering - how old will you let your child get before you stop calling them kiddo?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We have a couple of kids that carpool to our small private Montessoi school. There is an area on the side of the porch and the parent doing drop off just leaves the carseats needed for pickup in the corner. The other parent gets there, puts the carseats in the car, then goes in and gets the kids. Latch connectors make this much easier.

so just latch, no tether?

Please read the instructions on your car seat. I have had a lot of seats, and can't think of one booster seat that uses a tether.

I think the OP is still using a harnessed car seat, therefore the tether comments. Those are indeed a nuisance to install every day.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We have a couple of kids that carpool to our small private Montessoi school. There is an area on the side of the porch and the parent doing drop off just leaves the carseats needed for pickup in the corner. The other parent gets there, puts the carseats in the car, then goes in and gets the kids. Latch connectors make this much easier.

so just latch, no tether?

Please read the instructions on your car seat. I have had a lot of seats, and can't think of one booster seat that uses a tether.

DD and her friends are all still harnessed or in HBB. Most of us have one of those $50 HBB that doesn't permanently latch on the car which we can use for carpooling. DD's primary seat is latched in our car, but this is easy to pull in and out. We all help each others' kids get buckled in safely.

And yes, PP, many of us do try to work together. Actually, knowing a friend is being dropped off at our house for carpooling gets DD to cooperate and get ready more quickly so that she can play with her friend for a few minutes. That whole "takes a village" thing.

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Anonymous wrote:Why don't you just drive your own kid?

My kids are still in high back boosters but we also have backless boosters. We bought them and changed them back because my kids weren't wearing the seat belts correctly with the backless boosters. Also have the bubblegum one for carpool.

I do. All 3 of us do. I was thinking about being friendly and offering to help the others.

But, hey, thanks for your input.

The first and second graders are very likely to be in backless boosters and it is a breeze because there is nothing to install. But since it is only 2 miles, their parents may not mind as much to drive them in the morning.

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Anonymous wrote:Why don't you just drive your own kid?

My kids are still in high back boosters but we also have backless boosters. We bought them and changed them back because my kids weren't wearing the seat belts correctly with the backless boosters. Also have the bubblegum one for carpool.

I do. All 3 of us do. I was thinking about being friendly and offering to help the others.

But, hey, thanks for your input.

It's hard enough to get my kids out the door to school on time. I'm surprised you have all this extra time trying to drive other kids on your block.

We carpool in the afternoons for play dates and birthday parties. Lots of people carpool for sports.

Anonymous wrote:Why don't you just drive your own kid?

My kids are still in high back boosters but we also have backless boosters. We bought them and changed them back because my kids weren't wearing the seat belts correctly with the backless boosters. Also have the bubblegum one for carpool.

I do. All 3 of us do. I was thinking about being friendly and offering to help the others.

But, hey, thanks for your input.

Why don't you just drive your own kid?

My kids are still in high back boosters but we also have backless boosters. We bought them and changed them back because my kids weren't wearing the seat belts correctly with the backless boosters. Also have the bubblegum one for carpool.

OP here, thank you for the info. We haven't moved to a backless booster yet (I'm the parent of the K), so I'm still unfamiliar with those. I have an extra car seat we've made into a HBB I use for playdates, but no kid has been able to buckle themselves into it. (britax pioneer)

I guess this is why there are so many people in the young elementary school yards during drop off/pick up. It may sound lazy of me, but it does sound like a hassle arranging seats and buckling a bunch of kids in every morning. And likewise, knowing my feelings on it, I'd be worried another parent might be as lazy as me and not get my son buckled in safely enough.

We are 2 miles from school, but it's a busy road. (Not that that should make a difference.) I'll wait for one of them to approach me about this, I think.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We have a couple of kids that carpool to our small private Montessoi school. There is an area on the side of the porch and the parent doing drop off just leaves the carseats needed for pickup in the corner. The other parent gets there, puts the carseats in the car, then goes in and gets the kids. Latch connectors make this much easier.

so just latch, no tether?

You don't tether a non-harnessed seat.

But PP refers to carseats...

It depends on the parents. Either each family provides their own or each family has extra's. My 2nd grader is in a HBB and does great but I would not prematurely change him to a backless booster for a carpool. We have multiple seats, so its a non-issue and I'd prefer having my own. But, as a parent, I'd rather provide a seat for my child.

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Anonymous wrote:I keep an extra backless in my back for whenever we need it. We didn't start carpooling a lot until 2nd grade for practices and by then most of his friends over 8 didn't want to use it. We still keep it in the back and offer. No one on my street carpools to school.

You let 8 year olds choose whether to use a booster? In my car, everyone who doesn't pass the 5 part seatbelt test (and that's the vast majority of 8 and even 9 year olds) use a booster unless a parent has explicitly said no.

This. Holy crap, hope you let the other parents know about your lax parenting. I would be livid if you gave my child an option when I trusted you with her care.

Anonymous wrote:I keep an extra backless in my back for whenever we need it. We didn't start carpooling a lot until 2nd grade for practices and by then most of his friends over 8 didn't want to use it. We still keep it in the back and offer. No one on my street carpools to school.

You let 8 year olds choose whether to use a booster? In my car, everyone who doesn't pass the 5 part seatbelt test (and that's the vast majority of 8 and even 9 year olds) use a booster unless a parent has explicitly said no.

I keep an extra backless in my back for whenever we need it. We didn't start carpooling a lot until 2nd grade for practices and by then most of his friends over 8 didn't want to use it. We still keep it in the back and offer. No one on my street carpools to school.