Child Safety Seat
Is your child safety seat safe? Your child should be restrained in a child safety seat for longer than you think.
Child Safety Seat
The importance of installing infant and child safety seats correctly, is of paramount importance for your child's safety. Failing to install your child's seat correctly could lead to fatal consequences.
Buying a child safety seat
There are a huge array of child safety seats to choose from on the market. It is important to do your homework on which type of child safety seat would be best for you and your family. Look at different brands and their safety records. You may want a light-weight seat or one that attaches to a stroller. Alternatively, your child safety seat may only be for use in your car and will not be removed. Being able to detach your child safety seat easily and carry it around is a great and useful feature, however, you have to ensure that it is properly installed every time you place it back in the car. This may seem like a hassle, but it could be a matter of life or death for your child.
So, when shopping around for a child safety seat for your child, make sure it has a good safety record and meets your requirements.
The importance of booster seats is often ignored
Parents are usually well aware of the dangers and consequences of not putting their child in a child safety seat. However, the importance of booster seats is often ignored. A staggering 90% of children in the United States who should be restrained in a booster, are not. Children who have outgrown their safety seat and are under 4 feet 9 inches, are safer sitting in a booster seat.
Keep up to date on child safety
Parents have a responsibility to keep up to date on child safety in general and child safety products that can make children safer.
There are new and improved safety products coming out on the market all the time. You don't have to shell out a fortune to keep your children safe. Keeping yourself informed and following basic safety guidelines will go a long way.
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Related Resources:
- National Safety Belt Coalition Child Safety Seats
- 2005 Child Safety Seat Ease of Use Ratings
- Child Passenger Safety | National Highway Traffic Safety ...
- Child Seat Information
- seatcheck
- AAP - Car Safety Seats: A Guide for Families - 2005
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