Rear Facing Car Seat Safety
Keeping Children in rear facing Car Seats
We were discussing car seats at the park, when one mother stated, “I think it’s ridiculous to keep children riding backwards after they turn one year old. Maybe it’s a little safer, but you can’t lock your kid in a bubble and protect him from everything! They’re going to play soccer, fall of the money bars, and get hurt! It’s the overprotective types of parents who think they can protect their children from all harm by making their kids ride backwards and get motion sickness all the time!”
There are many studies by prestigious institutions such as the American Academy of Pediatrics that recommend that children ride in rear facing car seats until the age of two or three. The spine of young children is more sensitive than that of older children, and a stretch of just
