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Child Passenger Safety Week is September 19-25 this year, and it is a great time to check over your current safety seat situation and make sure your kids are secure and plan for what you will need as your children grow. With many parents not knowing the laws or the guidelines for when to move their children between rear-facing safety seats and convertible seats to booster seats and beyond, this is definitely a topic worth paying attention too and reading up on.
Research done by the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia has shown that risk of injury to children is reduced by 60% when a belt-positioning booster seat is used rather than seat belts alone. For instance, in my state of Ohio, as of last year, 1/6/09, the law states that children between 4 and 8 years of age need to be secured in a booster seat. This is to protect children in the case of an accident who are not yet as large as an adult, but who have outgrown their car seat.
A few features of the Chicco KeyFit Strada Booster Seat:
- Easy to install and use.
- Height and width are adjustable with one hand
- Fabric cover is removable and machine washable
- Converts to backless booster for children 40 lbs – 100 lbs
- “EPS” Energy Absorbing Foam provides enhanced impact protection
- Triple side protection: head, shoulders and lumbar
- Deep side wings support child’s head and neck while napping
One lucky Deal Seeking Mom reader will win a Chicco KeyFit Strada Booster Seat!
To enter, tell me how long a child needs to be in a booster seat in your state. Is it six years old, seven, eight? Do they need to be both an age and a weight before moving out of a booster seat?
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Prize:
(1) Chicco KeyFit Strada Booster Seat
This giveaway ends at 8:00 a.m. ET on Thursday, 9/9 and is open to all U.S. residents 18 years or older. I’ll use Comment Contest to select the winning comment. Winner will be notified by email and listed on my Giveaway Winners page. Winners must respond within 48 hours of notification to claim their prize. Good luck!
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Tara Kuczykowski is a married mom of three boys and two girls, ages 4 to 10 years, living in Columbus, OH.
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MN just changed the law this year- 8 yrs old or 4'9" for booster requirement
Tennessee- * Children age 4 through 8 who are shorter than 4'9" must be secured in a belt-positioning booster seat that meets federal motor vehicle safety standards. The seat should be used in the backseat of the vehicle, if possible.
* Children who are older than age 8 but still shorter than 4'9" must also use a belt-positioning booster seat.
* Children age nine 9 through 12 who are 4'9" or taller must be secured in the vehicle's seat belt, in the back seat, if possible.
* Children who are under 9 years of age but who are 4'9" or taller must also use the vehicle's seat belt.
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Kansas: 7 years old unless the child weighs less than 80 pounds and is less than 4'9
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Connecticut:
6 years of age AND 60 pounds. (Both the age and weight requirements must be met)
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In NY, any child under the age of 8 must be in a booster seat
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7 years and 80 pounds in NJ.
Children must be in a car seat until they reach age 4 (or 40 lbs) and in a booster seat until they reach age 8
(or 80 lbs)
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Here is Maryland they have to be in a booster seat until they're 8. There are height and weight limits that can get them out of it sooner, but I'm not sure what they are.
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I'm pretty sure it's 8 years old...mine are still little but my daughter just reached the weight req. for a booster!
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In Ohio they have to be 4'9" or 8 years old before they can get out of a booster
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In Alabama, 1 through 4 years or 20-40 pounds in a forward-facing child safety seat; 5 but not yet 6 in a booster seat.
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I believe it is 60 pounds or age of 7.
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In Maine your child needs to be 4 years and 40 pounds to get out of a car seat and 8 years or 80 pounds to get out of a booster seat.
In GA: 5 years and younger and 57 inches or less
To be honest DealSeekingMom, I checked the law only after I saw your deal. But I am still observing the law for my lil one.
In NC they have to be in a booster seat until age 8.
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In NE they have to be in a booster seat until age 6.
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At least 4'9" no younger than 8 years.
Texas rules state that after age 4 and 40+ pounds, children can ride in a booster seat until they are 4' 9 " (or until about 100 pounds )
South Dakota laws are all children under age 5 and weighing less than 40 pounds need to be in a car seat or booster.
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Al. 4'9"
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In MA it's 8 years old or over 57” tall.
In Colorado, Its untill age 8 that children must remainin a carseat. untill august this year it was untill they are 4' 9" ,but has now been changed to an age and just recammended to the hieght if possible.
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Children from approximately 40-80 pounds and under 4'9" in height should ride in a booster seat.
In Massachusetts children need to be in a booster for ages 5-7 or until they reach 4'9". Thanks for the chance.
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