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Did you know that although many state laws don’t mandate booster usage beyond age 8, most children still need them? A (not so) Fun Fact: Children ages 5 and older have higher fatality rates in car crashes than children ages 4 and under. Much of this is because of improper booster usage and taking children out of boosters too soon.
Using booster seats reduces the risk of injury by 59% when compared to using adult seat belts alone.
Often parents get excited about children reaching new milestones, but when it comes to car seats and boosters seats you want to delay moving to the next stage as long as (safely) possible to ensure they are protected.
Here are the main reasons why boosters matter for this age group.
{Continue reading about these 5 important reasons on Oklahoma City Moms Blog, where this post was originally published.}
Here are some boosters I recommend:
Are you looking for a car seat or booster seat?
Here are a few recommendations that I have used myself as well as while working as a Child Passenger Safety Technician
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I love all of your car seat pearls of wisdom. Between the injuries I saw working and the horror stories my husband still brings home from work I am completely convinced car seats save lives.
Thanks for sharing all your great information on child car seat safety! That is an interesting fact about the 4-8 year old age range being most impacted in a crash vs. infants as I often feel like there is such a huge stress on infant carseat safety (which is equally as important)
Car seat safety is so important! Thanks for sharing these tips.
Yes, yes, yes! Thank you for sharing this! Car seat safety is so important and unfortunately, the consequences are too serious to be uninformed! So appreciate you giving the reminder even for our “big kids”! It’s so easy to forget that they’re still “little”!