Tuesday this week was spent in car seat heaven. I was invited to a safety conference in Gothenburg where the small and elite group of car seat researchers met. It was a day filled with interesting presentations by some extremely knowledgeable researchers. A large group from US was there, among them the fantastic research team […]
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Is it safe to fly with children? This is a common question in many internet forums. Unfortunately, the advice given out seem to scare parents instead of offering sound safety advice. Comments such as “Don’t you want your baby to be safe???? I would NEVER fly without a car seat on the plane!” or “You […]
Last year I got to know Jim, the grandfather of Joel over at Joels Journey (have a look at the powerful video at the bottom). Joel was a strong boy at 18 months and 35 lbs when he was in a frontal collision at moderate speed. Joel was sitting in a forward facing seat and […]
The past month or so has been great for the rear facing community after British Medical Journal published a new report about rear facing to age 4 and how superior it is. The report, found here, is advising parents to use rear facing car seats to age 4 since it’s far safer. This fact has […]
In my younger pre-children days I bought a new Corvette. It was a fantastic experience in every way. I had no idea I also joined an invisible club of proud Corvette owners who cared about each other. Reminds me a lot about all the parents doing extended rear facing today. Every other Corvette owner was always greeted […]
I get an enormous amount of email each day with rear facing questions from parents all over the world. These are emails I really enjoy since questions from parents lead to better awareness of rear facing. One of the most common ones is “which seat will fit my small car” ? That could be a Golf, VW […]
Isofix (and LATCH) are becoming more popular but are still a small percentage of the car seat market. Can anyone for sure say what’s safest? Lets start with Isofix while forward facing. If your child is forward facing I hope he/she is at least 4+ years old….:-)) Isofix is safer to use forward facing and can also […]
There are quite a few reasons why people don’t keep children rear facing longer. Many parents don’t know how much safer it is but some also rely on myths to turn their child forward facing. A few of the common ones: • My child’s legs are touching the vehicle seat which is dangerous: Research has […]
Trying to explain the huge benefits of rear facing can be an uphill battle. “My child is 10 months and her neck is very strong. She will be fine in a crash even if she sits forward facing”. Maybe, but probably not. Rear facing is much safer, 500% safer up to 2 years of , […]