Chrissy
New member
I feel like throwing up. A family with two kids who go the pre-school my daughter attends was in a crash on the highway this morning. There are only 15 kids in the pre-school, so these are friends of my daughter and we know them well. The 5 year old girl was life-flighted to OHSU (big hospital with trauma center), the mom went to our local hospital, and I was told the 3 year old boy is ok. I don't know the girl's condition at all, but they don't normally life-flight someone unless they have serious traumatic injuries.
The eerie thing is that YESTERDAY when I picked up my daughter, this family was picking up at the same time. The girl said she "wanted to see the inside of (our) car" and my daughter showed off her brand new Frontier. The girl was oohing and ahhing over it and playing with the flip-out cup holders.
As she stood at the edge of the car, I sized her up and compared her to my daughter, who is 45" and 45lbs. This girl is closer to 6 yrs old, and has tall parents (dad is about 6'5") who are large framed. I thought to myself that this girl is probably in a booster by now. She is probably several inches taller, and maybe 10lbs heavier.
My usual noseyness didn't kick in, and I didn't peek inside their car. However, I did notice that over the weekend they traded in their Honda Pilot for a Honda Civic. They commute about 50+ miles from home to work, and bring there kids here to pre-school, so they are near mom. I'm sure they wanted a smaller car to save on gas.
Judi -- they live in Dallas and commute to McMinnville. PM me and I will give you names if you think you might know them as well.
I feel so sick not knowing how they are (especially the girl), knowing she was probably in a booster, and knowing they just moved to a smaller car. It's just not fair that boosters are legal and cheap, and that higher-weight harness seats are safer and more expensive.
Many people don't even KNOW that they have options, and don't HAVE to move their child to a booster, because you can only get the more expensive seats at specialty shops, and easily-accessible chain stores are flooded with the cheap options.
Does anyone have a flier or brochure I can use to make people I know more aware of their options?
The eerie thing is that YESTERDAY when I picked up my daughter, this family was picking up at the same time. The girl said she "wanted to see the inside of (our) car" and my daughter showed off her brand new Frontier. The girl was oohing and ahhing over it and playing with the flip-out cup holders.
As she stood at the edge of the car, I sized her up and compared her to my daughter, who is 45" and 45lbs. This girl is closer to 6 yrs old, and has tall parents (dad is about 6'5") who are large framed. I thought to myself that this girl is probably in a booster by now. She is probably several inches taller, and maybe 10lbs heavier.
My usual noseyness didn't kick in, and I didn't peek inside their car. However, I did notice that over the weekend they traded in their Honda Pilot for a Honda Civic. They commute about 50+ miles from home to work, and bring there kids here to pre-school, so they are near mom. I'm sure they wanted a smaller car to save on gas.
Judi -- they live in Dallas and commute to McMinnville. PM me and I will give you names if you think you might know them as well.
I feel so sick not knowing how they are (especially the girl), knowing she was probably in a booster, and knowing they just moved to a smaller car. It's just not fair that boosters are legal and cheap, and that higher-weight harness seats are safer and more expensive.
Many people don't even KNOW that they have options, and don't HAVE to move their child to a booster, because you can only get the more expensive seats at specialty shops, and easily-accessible chain stores are flooded with the cheap options.
Does anyone have a flier or brochure I can use to make people I know more aware of their options?