Kids always think they do know what they are doing. They feel like they’re old enough to take the booster seats instead of the child’s seat. But evidences suggest that older kids who remain contented with booster seats until such time that they become the size of a small adult are less prone to injuries.
Studies show that less than 7% of the twenty million children in U.S. from ages four to eight take the booster seats. This statistic is a frightening one considering that around 500 children from that age group get into car accidents every year. Furthermore, injuries are pegged at thousands more. Experts say that these injuries and death can be prevented if people would only know to use these booster seats right.
If a child is made to use safety belts for adults too soon, chances are that the child’s internal organs be injured once the belt rides up and slices into his stomach during a car crash. If the shoulder belt is put behind his back, his torso can forwardly jackknife thereby increasing the chances of getting injuries in his head and abdomen. Around 80% of the passengers four to eight years old involved in 30,000 car accidents were improperly secured by safety belts that are adult- sized. Sadly, the results of these car accidents were tragic.
Why Booster Belt is a Must
Children’s use of seat belts for adults will more likely cause injuries to them. Parents should never know how painful it is to lose a child; especially that death and injuries can be prevented.
The Simple Solution
Booster seats elevate the children’s seat to secure them properly in the adult belts. They are recommended for children weighing 40- 80 pounds and are used for the vehicles’ back seats that have 3- point shoulder belts. Remember that children that are 13 years old and below should never take the front seats with air bags. Once their height reaches up to 4’9” and their weight to 80 pounds, children can already use the back seat’s adult belts.
These booster seats can be purchased at any major department store and even at websites or superstores carrying products for children. You can also ask suggestions from the car’s manufacturer or from an insurance company about where you can buy booster seats around your area since some companies even special promos offering these booster seats at a lower price of even for free.
Playground chasing
Have you noticed that at school playgrounds, 6- year old girls group themselves together and chase around one boy who seems to be having fun in this playground chasing?
This phenomenon can be explained in such a way that kids of this age explore relationships with peers as well as their place in their group in the form of play. From being family-oriented, they suddenly become peer- oriented.
Playground chasing is one way of exploring friendships and of flirting at a very early age. When they reach the school age, girls group themselves into cliques—and one activity solidifying their position in the in-crowd is to chase boys. In playground chasing, girls formalize their being a member of the clique at the same time pleasing their interest about boys.
Kids in kindergarten or first grade often chase around for the boys that they like. But when they get older, this dynamics change. The boys will usually play basketball or soccer during recess time while the girls join in their game or play among themselves.
School is one place where children explore a part of their personalities that they do not show when they are at home. They also develop all sorts of relationships. Playground chasing is one way of expressing their sides that they only show when outside the school.
If you notice these kinds of behaviour in the playground, avoid interfering unless the boy being chased finds the attention uncomfortable, or unless you see that there is a possibly that someone might get hurt in the game.
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