aloudwhisper
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ok so today i read the local paper they are talking about the whole deal with kids getting left in cars & dying, well they are saying that the new 2yrs or 30lbs rf'ing will increase this although it doesn't specify how, it just says in 1990 when rf'ing rules changed more kids died locked in cars so i'm assuming they are taking old info & assuming it will follow trend.
now i'm all for extended rf'ing but i'm also a bit leniant (sp?) my almost 7yr old has been in a booster since age 3 due to male issues, my sd has been boostered since about 3 1/2 or 4yrs she'll be 6 in oct..... my now 4yr old i will allow in a booster if for a certain reason but she's 99% in her radian, my 2yr old rode in a booster 1 time 5mins down the rode & sat better than my big kids but she won't be out of her radian for a long time either nor will my 4mth old be ff anytime soon.
but this brings me to the article my first thoughts were if this is true & more kids will be left in cars to die than why are we making the age limits higher god forbid i ever leave my kids in the car i would hope it would be one in a booster so if thinking the above article is true would you consider ff'ing sooner & boostering sooner or would you just assume you'd never leave your child in a car? as the article said we think were great parents & we'd never do such a thing but then we find the person that did just that. in the article the mom buckles a teddy bear in the front seat that says got(kids name) to make sure she checks the back seat.
honestly my kids have rode all different ways mainly because i couldn't fit them another way or couldn't afford it but i'm curious how others view this like i said it doesn't state a reason how rf'ing longer & being left to die in the car are connected but it does say it.
now i'm all for extended rf'ing but i'm also a bit leniant (sp?) my almost 7yr old has been in a booster since age 3 due to male issues, my sd has been boostered since about 3 1/2 or 4yrs she'll be 6 in oct..... my now 4yr old i will allow in a booster if for a certain reason but she's 99% in her radian, my 2yr old rode in a booster 1 time 5mins down the rode & sat better than my big kids but she won't be out of her radian for a long time either nor will my 4mth old be ff anytime soon.
but this brings me to the article my first thoughts were if this is true & more kids will be left in cars to die than why are we making the age limits higher god forbid i ever leave my kids in the car i would hope it would be one in a booster so if thinking the above article is true would you consider ff'ing sooner & boostering sooner or would you just assume you'd never leave your child in a car? as the article said we think were great parents & we'd never do such a thing but then we find the person that did just that. in the article the mom buckles a teddy bear in the front seat that says got(kids name) to make sure she checks the back seat.
honestly my kids have rode all different ways mainly because i couldn't fit them another way or couldn't afford it but i'm curious how others view this like i said it doesn't state a reason how rf'ing longer & being left to die in the car are connected but it does say it.