PunkyMonkey
New member
I see misuse all the time and wonder if its worth "doing something about it"...
Moms drop kids off at DDs school and I can't help but ALWAYS look at their car seats lol. I see 4 or 5 people who are using FF convertibles that are either not top tethered (with visible tether hook sitting right there!) AND using seat belt as well as lower anchors at the same time -- most of them are Britax Marathons (the classic grey/silver one that Target here sells) or Graco Nautilus' (Target Beckett green too lol).
So, because I don't know any of these women nor do I want to insult or offend them... I thought about printing up an anonymous paper showing that top tether diagram and how this is used and maybe putting some stats on there about this (if anyone can help me out with the verbiage) and also mentioning that Lower Anchors OR the Seatbelt should be used, NOT both! and also a link to this site to come if they ever have any questions with anything!.... any thoughts here?
Would this be weird? I feel like it would be less offensive but also maybe creepy? It just makes me sad to see SO much misuse (these two mentioned things are the least of the bad things I see) and I bring DD in M-F and see all these LOs every morning & afternoon and they are all so sweet and it kills me thinking something could happen that could easily be fixed but I just don't know how to approach it. I am a younger mom of just 1 and I find that older women and especially those who have had a few kids already look at me like "what do you know?" lol Might all be in my head!
Moms drop kids off at DDs school and I can't help but ALWAYS look at their car seats lol. I see 4 or 5 people who are using FF convertibles that are either not top tethered (with visible tether hook sitting right there!) AND using seat belt as well as lower anchors at the same time -- most of them are Britax Marathons (the classic grey/silver one that Target here sells) or Graco Nautilus' (Target Beckett green too lol).
So, because I don't know any of these women nor do I want to insult or offend them... I thought about printing up an anonymous paper showing that top tether diagram and how this is used and maybe putting some stats on there about this (if anyone can help me out with the verbiage) and also mentioning that Lower Anchors OR the Seatbelt should be used, NOT both! and also a link to this site to come if they ever have any questions with anything!.... any thoughts here?
Would this be weird? I feel like it would be less offensive but also maybe creepy? It just makes me sad to see SO much misuse (these two mentioned things are the least of the bad things I see) and I bring DD in M-F and see all these LOs every morning & afternoon and they are all so sweet and it kills me thinking something could happen that could easily be fixed but I just don't know how to approach it. I am a younger mom of just 1 and I find that older women and especially those who have had a few kids already look at me like "what do you know?" lol Might all be in my head!
Heck, I've talked to 2 coworkers about their babies and both of them had them FF before 1yr and did NOT flip them back after I talked to them. People really think it won't happen to them. That they are good drivers. And you know what, chances are they will go through their life and never have to find out what risks they took with their children.
