Holly
New member
I am so sick of seeing misuse everywhere! It's not so bad when it's a parent that truely doesnt know, but when it's in a commercial, or in a magazine ad or something that people see, why cant they just get it right?
And all these aftermarket products, I wish they could be outlawed or something! SO MANY people have them, things like the bundle me, or the snuzzler, or different seat covers!
There is nothing that drives me more crazy than looking at an aftermarket product online and seeing so many raving reviews from people that use them! If only they Really knew how dangerous they are! I wish all this good car seat info that we have here could somehow make it onto Oprah or something. Someone who has such a massive audience as her, and a lot of people will believe anything if they see it on Oprah. She is always so good to have shows that are eyeopeners to a lot of people about various subjects. I bet it would help a lot to have this info on her show (ERF, HWH, booster seat until 8, no aftermarket stuff, no washing straps, expiration dates, etc).
I wish car seat companies would make their own products like full infant body supports, or better head supports for newborns, a wider selection of covers, etc and crash test them with their seats, they could make a lot more money than they already do just by offering "manufacture approved car seat accessories".
I just wish that somehow dangerous products will disapear, and all this good car seat info that we have would be common knowledge, and all techs would know it too (so no more bad techs giving out wrong advice to parents who trust them), and also that dr's would know it, obgyn's, nurses, pedi's, midwives, etc, so EVERY new parent gets this info!
I wish it could be against the law for a seat company to list things on their box like "belt positioning booster at 30 lbs" or "the last seat you will ever need". I hate that when some people are given the correct info, they say "Well it says this on the box, so it must be ok" or "They wouldnt sell it if it wasn't safe"
I heard so much of that from dh when looking for seats. I'm glad I knew as much as I did or my dd would be in a summit booster (in the 5pt still, but FF) instead of a radian rf.
Is there ANYTHING at all that we can do to help get the word out?
Is there anyone we can contact to try to get this stuff out there, like perhaps really on Oprah, or Dr. Phil, or Dateline NBC, 2020, Inside edition, etc? Do you think if we all e-mailed Oprah with this as a show suggestion they would actually consider it?
I'm not even a tech, but this car seat stuff really upsets me when I see misuse or uninformed people. Something has to be done to make this common knowledge!
Ok, I'm done
And all these aftermarket products, I wish they could be outlawed or something! SO MANY people have them, things like the bundle me, or the snuzzler, or different seat covers!
There is nothing that drives me more crazy than looking at an aftermarket product online and seeing so many raving reviews from people that use them! If only they Really knew how dangerous they are! I wish all this good car seat info that we have here could somehow make it onto Oprah or something. Someone who has such a massive audience as her, and a lot of people will believe anything if they see it on Oprah. She is always so good to have shows that are eyeopeners to a lot of people about various subjects. I bet it would help a lot to have this info on her show (ERF, HWH, booster seat until 8, no aftermarket stuff, no washing straps, expiration dates, etc).
I wish car seat companies would make their own products like full infant body supports, or better head supports for newborns, a wider selection of covers, etc and crash test them with their seats, they could make a lot more money than they already do just by offering "manufacture approved car seat accessories".
I just wish that somehow dangerous products will disapear, and all this good car seat info that we have would be common knowledge, and all techs would know it too (so no more bad techs giving out wrong advice to parents who trust them), and also that dr's would know it, obgyn's, nurses, pedi's, midwives, etc, so EVERY new parent gets this info!
I wish it could be against the law for a seat company to list things on their box like "belt positioning booster at 30 lbs" or "the last seat you will ever need". I hate that when some people are given the correct info, they say "Well it says this on the box, so it must be ok" or "They wouldnt sell it if it wasn't safe"
I heard so much of that from dh when looking for seats. I'm glad I knew as much as I did or my dd would be in a summit booster (in the 5pt still, but FF) instead of a radian rf.
Is there ANYTHING at all that we can do to help get the word out?
Is there anyone we can contact to try to get this stuff out there, like perhaps really on Oprah, or Dr. Phil, or Dateline NBC, 2020, Inside edition, etc? Do you think if we all e-mailed Oprah with this as a show suggestion they would actually consider it?
I'm not even a tech, but this car seat stuff really upsets me when I see misuse or uninformed people. Something has to be done to make this common knowledge!
Ok, I'm done