How appalled? Scale of 1-10

linneabw · Mar 13, 2012

With 10 being the highest how appalled are you with a three year old in a hbb? I know two just turned in hbbs. One is huge for his age but i know he'd fit in a Nauti or Frontier. My three uear old is still rfing! I'm up at a ten!

Baylor · Mar 13, 2012

linneabw said:
With 10 being the highest how appalled are you with a three year old in a hbb? I know two just turned in hbbs. One is huge for his age but i know he'd fit in a Nauti or Frontier. My three uear old is still rfing! I'm up at a ten!

I'm at 10 too. No 3 yr old should be in a booster.

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mykidsmylife · Mar 13, 2012

I can't say. Ideally any 3 yr old should be harnessed but sadly this can't always happen. So being a tech I tend to look at things a bit more complexed. What is the families income? What seat are available for us to give to them? How mature is the 3 yr old? etc.etc.etc....

So if there is no financial reason for the 3 yr old to be boostered than I would say about an 8. If there was no better choice then about a 5.

wendytthomas · Mar 13, 2012

Depends. If I'm in an area where kids are out of seats at six and sitting in the front, their one year old sibling in the back forward facing? Then I think a three year old in a booster is grand.

If I'm in an area where people have the AAP's recommendations and take them to heart, then I'm very appalled.

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Little Ps Mama · Mar 13, 2012

10. I see it everywhere where I live (including at my own three year old's preschool, where he is one of few kids still harnessed, let alone the only one still rear-facing) but it doesn't anger me any less.

Cath3114 · Mar 13, 2012

I have a friend who put her 2.5 in a lbb. Another with a 17m in a hbb.

Many of my clients have their kids in nothing when they turn 4. Or infants in FF buckets. Makes me sick.

bella_1818 · Mar 13, 2012

For me it would depend on how the harnessed seat was being used. There was a kid in DS's class that was in a harnessed seat that was WAY too loose and twice I saw the parents put him in the seat but the seat wasn't installed in the vehicle! He's in a BB now and he's probably safer than he was before. I'll vote 5.

jeminijad · Mar 13, 2012

10 out of 10 is the kid hanging out the window while the car is in motion.

3 year old in a backless is more like 5 out of 10. Especially if your scale means 1 = slightly appalled/very disappointed.

hrice · Mar 13, 2012

Well, it's definitely not ideal but honestly I'd be glad it's at least a high back and not a backless. My views have changed since I've ventured out of my perfect car seat world and into the real world of being a tech.

Appall level is a 7.

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Mysweethoneybee · Mar 13, 2012

I live in an area where any carseat past the infant bucket is awesome. Before I even knew about this site I was dumbfounded that the teachers at my kids school let their kids ride in their laps or moved their children from infant buckets straight to booster seats because they were "almost" 30lbs.
So I can't say appalled at all. Saddened, yes.

lovemybabybug · Mar 13, 2012

I would say 10, but after seeing my SIL put 2 and half yo niece in a Turbo, saying she was tired of doing the chest clip in the Scenera, and then removing the back when niece turned 3 sayind t was just too bulky, I am not all that apalled. Adn my 19 months old cousins in Brazil all ride in either boosters or nothing

It's just too much money to get a convertible, then a FF seat then a booster.

MichiganMomma(Kim) · Mar 13, 2012

Im going to have to say a 5/6 only because at least they are buckeled in. I have "friends" who let their kids rome the car freely while the car is in motion.

What do I say?? Honestly such a touchy topic. Im sure they know better, but honestly.

On the other hand our town has a very active SafeKids campaign going on and I really believe she has made huge strides in educating people. There are some very ignorant people out there though and some that will never learn.

creideamh · Mar 13, 2012

Not appalled at all. Is it awful each time I see it? Yeah... but I see it literally every day. Like PP said, at least it isn't a backless. I watched a mom stick her 2 barely 3 year old twin girls in brand new backless AMPs in her brand new car the other day at the park. My own aunt and uncle were taking the kids out of seats period at age 4.

carseatcoach · Mar 13, 2012

hrice said:
Well, it's definitely not ideal but honestly I'd be glad it's at least a high back and not a backless. My views have changed since I've ventured out of my perfect car seat world and into the real world of being a tech.

Absolutely. I might not even go as high as 7 if the child meets the limits and fits well (a nice dedicated Turbo and not a Cosco High-Backed Booster with the straps pushed to the side) and the seat is being used properly.

0 = best practice
10 = 9mo in forward-facing infant bucket with just the chest clip fastened

3yo in properly used highbacked booster = 5-6

Brianna · Mar 13, 2012

Appalled level is around a 5, sad level is 10.

The shock value of a 2 1/2 year old in a HBB wore off a while ago when my co-worker wouldn't he harness her grandson even after I explained why it's unsafe and illegal. I'm pretty sure she took the back off when he was around 3.

Carrie_R · Mar 13, 2012

A 3? I used to do it... It's hard for me to feel stronger than empathy. Now, if the parent knows better, and just doesn't care? A 9-10.

LuvBug · Mar 13, 2012

Considering I see a lot of 2-3yos in no back boosters... this would actually make me happy for the way things are around here

Most kids are out of seats completely by 4-5 here, despite what our laws are...

in general I am appalled to the max at the carseat usage here.

christineka · Mar 13, 2012

At car seat checks, we get a lot of people that can't afford a car seat. They are there to get the free seat. Not everyone can spend $150-200 on a car seat. If the kid could fit in a scenera, then I'm at a number 9, but if the kid is too big, then more of a 4/5. I've put 3 year olds in boosters at car seat checks. I don't like it, but it's safer than riding in an outgrown harnessed seat.

Phineasmama · Mar 13, 2012

I just don't get it. I mean yeah I think a 3yo in a booster is a terrible idea. But it seems like a lot of parents think it's super safe and that they are going above and beyond.

And the parents who use nothing, and let their kids bop around the car with no seat belts...seriously wtf? I want to know I people are really that Fing stupid. They can't think that's safe...so they must think hat nothing bad will happen to them.

It's all just utterly ridiculous. Sometimes I just have to mentally block out the things I see just to keep my sanity intact.

Baylor · Mar 14, 2012

jeminijad said:
10 out of 10 is the kid hanging out the window while the car is in motion.

3 year old in a backless is more like 5 out of 10. Especially if your scale means 1 = slightly appalled/very disappointed.

That's a 12 for me.

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