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To someone just glancing over the setup, it might look like I'd "lowered my standards," but it's not. For each situation, I chose the seat that fit my child, fit the vehicle, and would be used correctly every time. :thumbsup:
For me, it's not about cost or "they ride less often in this car so the risk is lower." It's about our secondary vehicle being driven by someone who isn't as conscientious about child-passenger safety as I am.
I put my dd in a booster in dh's car even though I still wanted her harnessed, because he made it clear that he was incapable/disinterested in installing her carseat correctly. He had to remove it at times to transport adults, so keeping it installed wasn't an option, and he often had to pick her up from someplace I'd dropped her off, so I couldn't re-install it. So I gave him the seat that I knew were most likely to be used correctly by him - a booster - and made sure my kids all knew how to use it correctly as well. Same situation with my parents; they got a booster because I knew it could be used correctly, unlike a harnessed seat.
To someone just glancing over the setup, it might look like I'd "lowered my standards," but it's not. For each situation, I chose the seat that fit my child, fit the vehicle, and would be used correctly every time. :thumbsup:
For me, it's not about cost or "they ride less often in this car so the risk is lower." It's about our secondary vehicle being driven by someone who isn't as conscientious about child-passenger safety as I am.
I put my dd in a booster in dh's car even though I still wanted her harnessed, because he made it clear that he was incapable/disinterested in installing her carseat correctly. He had to remove it at times to transport adults, so keeping it installed wasn't an option, and he often had to pick her up from someplace I'd dropped her off, so I couldn't re-install it. So I gave him the seat that I knew were most likely to be used correctly by him - a booster - and made sure my kids all knew how to use it correctly as well. Same situation with my parents; they got a booster because I knew it could be used correctly, unlike a harnessed seat.
To someone just glancing over the setup, it might look like I'd "lowered my standards," but it's not. For each situation, I chose the seat that fit my child, fit the vehicle, and would be used correctly every time. :thumbsup:
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