Car crashes are the second-leading cause of death for children and adolescents in the United States. To help keep your littles safe, it’s important to use the proper car or booster seat for each stage of your child’s development.
There are a few different types of car and booster seats, and the appropriateness of each one is based on a child’s height, weight, and age. Car seats have their seat belt restraints built into the seat, and the seat itself is buckled in with the car’s seat belt. Booster seats have no other restraints; the child is buckled in using the car’s seat belt.
Rear-facing car seats are for infants up to the ages of 2–4. When they outgrow the rear-facing seat, it’s time for a front-facing seat until they’re at least five years old. Children graduate to booster seats when they’ve outgrown the front-facing seat and until the car’s seat belt fits them properly without the booster, which may not be until the 9–12 age range. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has a detailed car and booster guide (nhtsa.gov/equipment/car-seats-and-booster-seats), and you can search their site for any seat recalls (nhtsa.gov/recalls). You can even get help installing seats properly from a certified child passenger safety technician in your area (cert.safekids.org).
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