the_jersey_lilly_2000
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There's a commercial that comes on...I'm think it's "brought to you by" some National safety board or somethin. It says...."Until your child is 4 ft nine inches tall, they should ride in a car seat/booster seat in a vehicle."
My personal opinion is it's funded or pushed by car seat makers, just tryin to make more money sellin em. Heck I know some adults that still aren't 4ft 9in that are drivin the car themselves !!!! This would mean that my kids would have been ridin in a car seat until they were about 14 years old??? Then they hit the growth spurts and past that. But I think that's a lil bit rediculous. I"m all for small kids bein in car seats for safety. But after they are 4 or 5 years old, they are big enough to sit in the seat and be buckled in. Which is probably where this all stems from. Kids unbuckling themselves in the car when parent's aren't looking. Folks thinkin ok...if they are still buckled in one of those car seats and can't reach the buckle device they can't do that. ( I think Texas Law says kids now hafta be in one until they are 4 years old)
Once again, my opinion, if ya got one that won't leave the seat belt buckled, spank em..ground em...pull over on the side of the road and don't move until they understand that you aren't goin anywhere unless they are buckled.....whatever it takes...... and they'll learn that if they don't leave it buckled there will be consequences to pay.
Ok....lol I'm done now.
My personal opinion is it's funded or pushed by car seat makers, just tryin to make more money sellin em. Heck I know some adults that still aren't 4ft 9in that are drivin the car themselves !!!! This would mean that my kids would have been ridin in a car seat until they were about 14 years old??? Then they hit the growth spurts and past that. But I think that's a lil bit rediculous. I"m all for small kids bein in car seats for safety. But after they are 4 or 5 years old, they are big enough to sit in the seat and be buckled in. Which is probably where this all stems from. Kids unbuckling themselves in the car when parent's aren't looking. Folks thinkin ok...if they are still buckled in one of those car seats and can't reach the buckle device they can't do that. ( I think Texas Law says kids now hafta be in one until they are 4 years old)
Once again, my opinion, if ya got one that won't leave the seat belt buckled, spank em..ground em...pull over on the side of the road and don't move until they understand that you aren't goin anywhere unless they are buckled.....whatever it takes...... and they'll learn that if they don't leave it buckled there will be consequences to pay.
Ok....lol I'm done now.