Where should kids sit?
Don’t put a rear-facing restraint in the front seat. Starting with the first trip home from the hospital, put an infant in the center back seat. Make sure the rear facing restraint is tightly secured to the vehicle with an adult safety belt and the baby is buckled snugly in. The back seat is the safest place. However, if your vehicle does not have a back seat, then an on/off switch for the front passenger air bag is essential. Even without air bags, kids riding in back are much less likely to be killed. Today, riding in back is even more important because it keeps children away from inflating air bags. How should I buckle up my kids, as they get older? When babies outgrow their rear-facing restraints, they should graduate to forward-facing ones or booster seats attached to a vehicle’s back seat with an adult safety belt. As kids later graduate to adult belts, proper restraint use still is essential. Don’t put the shoulder portion of a belt behind a child or under the arm. A lap belt sh
