The car can be a blessed relief for many parents seeking to soothe their wailing child. It’s almost unheard of to find a baby or toddler that doesn’t fall asleep quickly thanks to the white-noise benefit of tires on the road.
But is it safe for your child to fall asleep in a car seat? Researchers [...]

Air travel with kids can be a tough process. In addition to all the hassle of keeping children entertained in the air, increased security measures make it more difficult than ever before to get your kids, their carry-ons, and any necessary strollers, booster seats, or car seats through the checkpoints. Of course, safety is an [...]

When it comes to buying a booster seat for your child, you’ll find that there are two primary types on the market: backless booster seats and high back booster seats. Oftentimes, these seats are one and the same, since many booster seats have a removable back rest that allows you to determine which type of [...]

Just like you get the oil changed in your car every three months, you should do regular check-ups on your kids’ booster seats and car seats. No, I don’t mean that you have to take the booster seat to a service station and get it inspected. It just pays to follow up on new safety [...]

The ability of babies and toddlers to fall asleep in the car is one of the hidden weapons of parenthood. I know plenty of parents who have taken an impromptu trip around the block – ten or eleven times – in an attempt to get a little one to fall asleep for a nap or [...]

When it comes to booster seat safety, it can be difficult to know where to turn for help. Different states have different laws about child restraints. Different brands of car seats offer a variety of both necessary and unnecessary features, and you may not know which ones are the most important for your child’s particular [...]

Offering a little friendly neighbor support can be a bit tricky in this day and age – especially when it comes to carpools and car seats.
When we were kids, it was easy for our parents to save money and consolidate travel time by befriending the neighbor with the biggest minivan. Taking one more kid to [...]

It’s become fairly standard knowledge that children aged 8 and under must practice booster seat or car seat safety in order to comply with local driving laws. Most of us have become accustomed to the laws and do our best to keep our children safe, regardless of whether we’re traveling home from the grocery store [...]

I don’t know about your kids, but mine don’t much like to sit still for long periods of time – and they definitely don’t like being confined. Many children don’t like the feeling of being strapped into their booster seats, and they’ll try to wiggle out. In some cases, they even figure out how the [...]

The short answer is that booster seats can definitely be dangerous without the proper equipment. The booster seat and the three-point seatbelt don’t combine well; the design of a three-point belt works with the design of a booster seat to allow slack in the portion of the belt that runs across your child’s lap.
In simple [...]