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I'm conservative on this. For typically developing kids, for convenience and preference reasons, not because it's the only seat that will fit the child or the car): 5.5 for emergency use (emergency like a carpool emergency, not a zombie attack emergency), 7 for regular occasional use, 8.5 for full-time use (though not MY 8.5yo!) .
Importantly, these results suggest that the effectiveness of booster seats does not vary by the type of booster seat: backless or high-back. Backless booster seats are less costly and often more acceptable to older children because of the absence of a back that makes them look like a toddler child restraint. These results give confidence to parents and health educators that choosing this type of restraint for their child does not represent a compromise in safety.
Among children who were restrained in BPB seats, there was no evidence of a difference in the performance of backless versus high-back boosters. On the basis of these analyses, parents, pediatricians, and health educators should continue to recommend as best practice the use of BPB seats once a child outgrows a harness-based child restraint until he or she is at least 8 years of age.
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