Child Safety Seats for Big Kids
Child Safety Seats are the best protection a parent can provide to a child when traveling in a vehicle. Child Safety Seats are specifically designed to protect a child from becoming injured in a vehicle collision by ensuring that the child’s brain and spinal cord is protected. This paper will explain the importance of Child Safety Seats and attempt to persuade the reader to ensure that children stay in safety seats until the age of ten. All fifty states have rules about restraining children in moving vehicles and require a child safety seat for children. There are penalties for not obeying to these laws and as a parent it is imperative that children remain in Child Safety Seats for their own safeguards.
According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), motor vehicle accidents are the leading cause of death for children between the ages of 3 to 14. This statistic should automatically make properly installed child safety seats a top precedence for any parent. A properly installed Child Safety Seat is installed in accordance with the guidelines presented with the seat; if not properly installed there is a risk of potentially fatal injuries. Properly used Child Safety Seats decrease the risk of death by 70 percent for …show more content…
A child should be restrained in a Child Safety Seat until the age of 10. The law in most states requires that children traveling in a vehicle are properly restrained. It is vital that all child to be in the appropriate restraint for their size and age. This is because one study proved that children ages 2-5 who are moved to safety belts prematurely are four times more likely to be exposed to serious traumatic brain injuries than those restrained in Child Safety Seats.