Haven’t been her for a while.. my kids have outgrown many car seats, and I’m back here for a long rant!
My son is 9 and rides most of the time in a backless booster.
I’d say about half of his friends ride in boosters, the other half does not despite the fact that it is pretty obvious that they need one since they have the shoulder belt go across their neck!
I always have everyone in our car seat in a booster. We carpool a lot with friends to events, sports practices, etc, and I often have 3 kids in the backseat all in boosters. It’s a pain to buckle, but I would not drive them without it, even when they say “my parents said I don’t need a booster anymore”.
This weekend my son was going with a friend to the park. This is one of the friends who does not ride with a booster. I sent my son over with his own booster, but when he came back home he informed me that they were driving with the neighbor’s kids in tow, so they had 4 kids in the backseat of a private car, and he shared s seat belt with his friend!!!!!
I was furious at the parents, and pretty disappointed that my son did not think it was not OK. He knows from early on about car seat safety, he rear-faced till almost 3, and we talk a lot about why he still needs to be in a booster. Apparently he did not think there was anything wrong.
What is wrong with people? How could they think it’s ok do double 2 kids with one belt, especially when it’s not your own child?
We talked to them after and made it clear that this is not OK and should never happen again.
This is the first time something like this has happened with my son or his older sibling.
Being lax with car seats is one thing, but breaking the law like this is something completely different.
I would NEVER imagine doing this, needless to say with a child that is not mine.
I always make sure with other parents that my son needs to sit in a booster with a lap-shoulder belt (think about older cars with lap only belt in the middle), and he knows well how to buckle and sit safely for the duration of the ride.
Never occurred to me that I need to make sure others don’t have him share a sit belt!!!! SMH :-(
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My son is 9 and rides most of the time in a backless booster.
I’d say about half of his friends ride in boosters, the other half does not despite the fact that it is pretty obvious that they need one since they have the shoulder belt go across their neck!
I always have everyone in our car seat in a booster. We carpool a lot with friends to events, sports practices, etc, and I often have 3 kids in the backseat all in boosters. It’s a pain to buckle, but I would not drive them without it, even when they say “my parents said I don’t need a booster anymore”.
This weekend my son was going with a friend to the park. This is one of the friends who does not ride with a booster. I sent my son over with his own booster, but when he came back home he informed me that they were driving with the neighbor’s kids in tow, so they had 4 kids in the backseat of a private car, and he shared s seat belt with his friend!!!!!
I was furious at the parents, and pretty disappointed that my son did not think it was not OK. He knows from early on about car seat safety, he rear-faced till almost 3, and we talk a lot about why he still needs to be in a booster. Apparently he did not think there was anything wrong.
What is wrong with people? How could they think it’s ok do double 2 kids with one belt, especially when it’s not your own child?
We talked to them after and made it clear that this is not OK and should never happen again.
This is the first time something like this has happened with my son or his older sibling.
Being lax with car seats is one thing, but breaking the law like this is something completely different.
I would NEVER imagine doing this, needless to say with a child that is not mine.
I always make sure with other parents that my son needs to sit in a booster with a lap-shoulder belt (think about older cars with lap only belt in the middle), and he knows well how to buckle and sit safely for the duration of the ride.
Never occurred to me that I need to make sure others don’t have him share a sit belt!!!! SMH :-(
<end of rant..>