Wall St Journal article on California Booster Law

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bearwithmoi

New member

• Dec 29, 2011

• #1

Check out today's Wall St. Journal for an infuriating article about children's unhappy reactions to the change in California's booster law.

The article starts with 2 friends "gathered their respective 7-year-old sons together recently and broke the bad news: The boys had to regress to booster seats."

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204319004577087420326708922.html

 

cupcakepirate11

Active member

• Dec 29, 2011

• #2

Ridiculous way to belittle car safety journalists

 

Brianna

New member

• Dec 29, 2011

• #3

Wow. Just wow.

 

LISmama810

Admin - CPS Technician

• Dec 29, 2011

• #4

I would make a comment about how my 7-year-old isn't going back in a booster...because he was never out of one. But I'd have to register, and I'm not going to.

 

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Jan06twinmom

New member

• Dec 29, 2011

• #5

Wow. Why can't an article focus on the reasons why it's important to have kids in booster seats? Every one is so focused on why it's unfair or uncomfortable or whatever. Any parent who was concerned about safety in the car could easily looked online to learn that their 6yo needed to be in a booster seat even though the law didn't require it.

I'm glad that there is a $475 fine because that seems to be getting parents attention.

Melanie

 

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flipper68

Senior Community Member

• Dec 29, 2011

• #6

What - no mention of the 5 step test? Shame on you WSJ.

 

littleangelfire

Well-known member

• Dec 29, 2011

• #7

Wow. A nation of parents afraid of their children's wrath. And is it just me or did the article itself, the reporter, seem whiny? What of the kids who don't want to bathe? Oh and the kid who thinks he's being treated like a baby b/c mom won't let him go off the high dive...even though he can't swim?

 

VoodooChile

New member

• Dec 29, 2011

• #8

The whole tone of the argument made me want to scream. They had an excellent opportunity to educate parents on WHY this new law was needed.

 

EmmaCPST

CPST Instructor

• Dec 29, 2011

• #9

I commented on the FB link if anyone else wants to chime in - http://www.facebook.com/wsj

It's like three posts down. That article made me all ragey this morning, wtf people!

 

4boysmom

New member

• Dec 29, 2011

• #10

How obnoxious! Someone took their child to DISNEYLAND as a bribe to stay in their seat?! My 95 pound 10 yo is still in a booster and was 8ish when he got out of his Regent. The Regent was likely "overkill" but no way would I have an 8yo completely boosterless at that age. DS's hips are getting a bit too large for his seat at this point but I am not happy with the belt fit in his seating position. Why a 6 or 7 yo would want to have a shoulder belt in their face instead of a boost up is flabbergasting to me.

 

Jennifer mom to my 7

Well-known member

• Dec 29, 2011

• #11

The Car Seat Lady has sent a letter to the editor

Let us all hope they publish it.

 

truckerswife

Member

• Dec 29, 2011

• #12

I though it was a terrible article my kids are years away from booster age but my 7&8 year old siblings and my 90 pound 10.5 year old sister are all still in boosters

 

Shaunam

New member

• Dec 29, 2011

• #13

Oh boo hoo. The recommendation for YEARS has been that kids need booster seats until at least 4'9". It's a shame that there needs to be a law to get parents to listen. These kids should never have been out of boosters, law or no.

And how uncomfortable is a backless, really? It seems to me it would be MORE comfortable, because the belt would fit right. Plus you can see out of the window better. And you can get your very own cupholders. And a cool pattern. And extra padding. Yeah those things are just torture. :thumbsdown:

Adrian is about to turn 7 and just doesn't know any different...because he's never been out of one, even though there was a gap between the time he turned four and the time our new law went into place, upping the age from 4 to 8. He actually gets excited when I order a new seat for him. We recently upgraded from a plain, boring, brown literider to a flames one. And I'm getting rid of the girls rock pattern turbo for a spitfire one, which just came today. He'll be so excited when I go to pick him up from his dad's.