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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?
Every reader has four methods available to enter this contest. Choose one each of any combination of method one, two, three, or four for up to a total of 4 entries!!!
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1. Leave a comment. What are the child safety seat laws regarding booster seats are in your state?
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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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Bond
i subscribe to your email
Shelley
In GA children under six must use a booster seat.
Rico
Just now joined the DSM Forum
Shelley
I follow you on facebook.
Rico
I am a Fan of DSM on Facebook
Shelley
I’m an email subscriber.
Judy
I follow you on FB
Aimee
Iowa law only requires that children ride in a child restraint system until age 6.
Candace
In North Carolina, a child restraint device is required if the child is less than 8 years old AND weighs less than 80 pounds. Belt-positioning booster seats can be used for children between 40 and 80 pounds.
Valerie
In Texas kids need a booster until age 8 or 4ft. 9 in.
Valerie
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Jenna
Michigan law requires children under 8 yrs old and under 4′ 9″ to use an approved booster seat
Aimee
I like you on Facebook.
Aimee
I’m an email subscriber.
Yvonne
Love the seat and I love your site. From down in El Paso, TX
Christine
In Tennessee:
Children ages 4 through 8 and less than 4’9″ in height must use a booster seat.
Which means we are going to be needing one of these soon and for some time to come. Thanks!
Christine
I follow on google reader.
Valerie
Also a Facebook fan; thanks for the opportunity!
Sadie
In Georgia all children under six years of age must be in a child safety seat. But they do have exemptions such as taxi cabs (i thought was strange) and public transit.
Melinda
Children in PA have to be in a safety seat that is age appropriate until age 8. Then in a seat belt from age 8 to 18.
KARI
In North Carolina, a child restraint device is required if the child is less than 8 years old AND weighs less than 80 pounds. Belt-positioning booster seats can be used for children between 40 and 80 pounds.
Tammi
Email subscriber!
Tammi
I follow DSM on FB!
KARI
I am an email subscriber!!
Bevan Chapman
In Georgia all children under six years of age must be in a child safety seat
Melissa Leyh
Here in Ohio children are required to be in a booster seat until they are 8 years old, unless they are at least 4 feet, 9 inches (57 inches) tall. which i really need to get another booster for my 4 yr old and this would be the perfect seat:)
Rico
Kansas Booster seat Law: children ages 4 through 7 must be in a booster seat, unless the child weighs more than 80 pounds or is taller than 4 feet 9 inches.
Margaret
All children under 8 years of age must be properly restrained in a child restraint or booster seat.
jennypenny
in Illinois children must be in a safety seat until they are 8. But if they are over 40 lbs they can have just a lap belt on if the car doesn’t have a lap/shoulder belt in the back seat.
shopfreak
CA law is age 6 or 60 pounds.