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South end of Central Park. As you walk along the paths through the southern end of the park starting at Columbus Circle (59th street and Broadway at the SW corner), you'll see a playground, a carousel, a skating rink, and the Central Park Zoo. And across from the SE corner on 5th avenue is the ridiculously huge toy store FAO Schwartz. Great place to take kids as long as you're good at saying "no, you can't have that $300 life-sized teddy bear".
South end of Central Park. As you walk along the paths through the southern end of the park starting at Columbus Circle (59th street and Broadway at the SW corner), you'll see a playground, a carousel, a skating rink, and the Central Park Zoo. And across from the SE corner on 5th avenue is the ridiculously huge toy store FAO Schwartz. Great place to take kids as long as you're good at saying "no, you can't have that $300 life-sized teddy bear".
Do you lock the seatbelt with a high back booster?
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I just got a high back booster seat for my daughter. No where in the book can I find out if you are supposed to pull the seat belt ALL the way out till it locks, then let it go back in after you have buckled. Or do you just buckle as if an adult were sitting there. And leave the belt flexible. Thanks!
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No. :) You don't lock the seat belt. It will lock on its own when there is a crash. Boosters must always be used with a lap/shoulder belt combination. Never a lap only seat belt.
A booster seat is designed to correct seat belt fit. It boosts a child up so that the lap belt fits low on the child's hips and the shoulder belt fits between the child's shoulder and collar bone. That being said, not all booster seats are doing their job, which is correcting seat belt fit. The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) rates how well boosters correct seat belt fit for the average 6 year old in a variety of seat belt configurations. Here are their results: http://www.iihs.org/research/topics/boosters/default.html The link also shows pictures of what seat belt fit should and should not look like.
It is VERY important (which is why I had the word 'very' in capital letters) that the lap belt is over your daughter's hips or upper thighs (parallel to the ground) and NOT on her abdomen. If the lap belt were positioned on her abdomen her inner organs and spine would be at risk.
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommends that children ride in a harnessed car seat for as long as possible, until a child has genuinely outgrown the seat by weight or height. The AAP recommendations highlight that when a child is moved from rear facing to forward facing with a harness, to forward facing with a harness to a booster, and from a booster seat to a seat belt- each step up in car seats in a decrease in a child's level of protection in the car. The key part of the AAP recommendations to to not rush or "graduate" your child to a booster seat. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) recommends that children ride in harnessed car seats through age 7 (if they have not yet outgrown it).
And here is how a 5 point harness forward facing car seat is outgrown (when ONE of the following happens):
-the child has hit the maximum weight limit of the seat with the internal harness
-the tips of the child's ears are even with the car seat's shell
-the harness is parallel to the child's shoulders when used in the top most harness slots*
*When front facing, the harness MUST be positioned at or above a child's shoulders (harness must NEVER be under a child's shoulders as the child's spine would be at risk)
The absolute minimum to put a child in a booster is when ALL of the following have applied:
-the child is at LEAST 4 years old (preferably age 5-6)
-the child is at LEAST 40 lbs
-the child is mature enough to sit still without playing with the seat belt or leaning over to pick up a toy.
A booster seat puts a child in charge of their own safety. If a child were to lean out of position at the time of a crash, this can be the difference between life and death. There are higher weight (and height) harnessed car seats on the market to accommodate kids to age 5-8 in a harness such as the Evenflo Maestro, Evenflo SecureKids, Graco Nautilus, Graco Argos, and the Britax Frontier 85.
Car crashes are the leading cause of both disability and death for children under 12 years old. Statistics show that more than 95% of child safety seats are used or are installed incorrectly. That is why I recommend ALL parents to get their child's car seat/ booster seat checked by a child passenger safety technician (CPST). You can find one at http://www.seatcheck.org/ If you don't see one in person, you can post a picture of your child buckled in their booster seat at http://www.car-seat.org/ A CPST will evaluate the seat belt fit. You don't need to register to post a question, but you do need to register to post a picture.
State laws are minimum guidelines. Many states require children to be in a booster seat until they are 8 years old or 4' 9" tall. The truth is that a majority of 8 year olds are not ready to use a seat belt alone. Seat belts are actually designed for an adult in mind- not children. Children need to use a booster seat until they pass the 5 step test. This test is a series of questions that you ask yourself when you buckle your child in the car without their booster seat. Here is a very detailed article written by a CPST on the 5 step test: http://carseatblog.com/3966/the-5-step-test/
Most kids pass he 5 step test when they are around 5 feet tall (adult sized) and are usually between 10-12 years old. This does mean that most children need a booster until they are 10, 11 or even 12 years old!
In the following link is a story about a boy named Kyle. He was 8 years old and was in a car crash. He is now paralyzed from the neck down because he did not fit the adult seat belt. Something so simple as using a booster seat could have prevented his terrible injury: http://www.boosttil8.org/
No. :) You don't lock the seat belt. It will lock on its own when there is a crash. Boosters must always be used with a lap/shoulder belt combination. Never a lap only seat belt.
A booster seat is designed to correct seat belt fit. It boosts a child up so that the lap belt fits low on the child's hips and the shoulder belt fits between the child's shoulder and collar bone. That being said, not all booster seats are doing their job, which is correcting seat belt fit. The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) rates how well boosters correct seat belt fit for the average 6 year old in a variety of seat belt configurations. Here are their results: http://www.iihs.org/research/topics/boosters/default.html The link also shows pictures of what seat belt fit should and should not look like.
It is VERY important (which is why I had the word 'very' in capital letters) that the lap belt is over your daughter's hips or upper thighs (parallel to the ground) and NOT on her abdomen. If the lap belt were positioned on her abdomen her inner organs and spine would be at risk.
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommends that children ride in a harnessed car seat for as long as possible, until a child has genuinely outgrown the seat by weight or height. The AAP recommendations highlight that when a child is moved from rear facing to forward facing with a harness, to forward facing with a harness to a booster, and from a booster seat to a seat belt- each step up in car seats in a decrease in a child's level of protection in the car. The key part of the AAP recommendations to to not rush or "graduate" your child to a booster seat. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) recommends that children ride in harnessed car seats through age 7 (if they have not yet outgrown it).
And here is how a 5 point harness forward facing car seat is outgrown (when ONE of the following happens):
-the child has hit the maximum weight limit of the seat with the internal harness
-the tips of the child's ears are even with the car seat's shell
-the harness is parallel to the child's shoulders when used in the top most harness slots*
*When front facing, the harness MUST be positioned at or above a child's shoulders (harness must NEVER be under a child's shoulders as the child's spine would be at risk)
The absolute minimum to put a child in a booster is when ALL of the following have applied:
-the child is at LEAST 4 years old (preferably age 5-6)
-the child is at LEAST 40 lbs
-the child is mature enough to sit still without playing with the seat belt or leaning over to pick up a toy.
A booster seat puts a child in charge of their own safety. If a child were to lean out of position at the time of a crash, this can be the difference between life and death. There are higher weight (and height) harnessed car seats on the market to accommodate kids to age 5-8 in a harness such as the Evenflo Maestro, Evenflo SecureKids, Graco Nautilus, Graco Argos, and the Britax Frontier 85.
Car crashes are the leading cause of both disability and death for children under 12 years old. Statistics show that more than 95% of child safety seats are used or are installed incorrectly. That is why I recommend ALL parents to get their child's car seat/ booster seat checked by a child passenger safety technician (CPST). You can find one at http://www.seatcheck.org/ If you don't see one in person, you can post a picture of your child buckled in their booster seat at http://www.car-seat.org/ A CPST will evaluate the seat belt fit. You don't need to register to post a question, but you do need to register to post a picture.
State laws are minimum guidelines. Many states require children to be in a booster seat until they are 8 years old or 4' 9" tall. The truth is that a majority of 8 year olds are not ready to use a seat belt alone. Seat belts are actually designed for an adult in mind- not children. Children need to use a booster seat until they pass the 5 step test. This test is a series of questions that you ask yourself when you buckle your child in the car without their booster seat. Here is a very detailed article written by a CPST on the 5 step test: http://carseatblog.com/3966/the-5-step-test/
Most kids pass he 5 step test when they are around 5 feet tall (adult sized) and are usually between 10-12 years old. This does mean that most children need a booster until they are 10, 11 or even 12 years old!
In the following link is a story about a boy named Kyle. He was 8 years old and was in a car crash. He is now paralyzed from the neck down because he did not fit the adult seat belt. Something so simple as using a booster seat could have prevented his terrible injury: http://www.boosttil8.org/
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