Car seats. Anyone with young children will have them- or should. But SO many people are using them incorrectly. Lately I've taken it upon myself to try to spread information and awareness on the safe and correct ways to use car seats. But more often than not, I have parents getting irate and being defensive, like I'm attacking their parenting. NEWS FLASH! Car seat safety has nothing to do with parenting. ZIP! Zero! It's not a parenting choice whether your kid rides in a seat or not, or if they're strapped in right or not. There's a correct way to do it, and an incorrect way.
I think people don't realize just how serious it is to have their kids in the right seat or strapped in correctly.
Or they're just lazy and don't seem to care. For instance..
Guess what? I'm a single parent too. That is NOT an excuse to be lazy and put your kids' lives at risk. Both of my children are always in their seats and always buckled in properly. My 19 month old is still rear facing and my 4 year old is still in a harnessed seat.
There are some people out there that really don't know how to use a car seat properly. But you know what? If there's only one manual you ever read in your entire life, it should without a doubt be a car seat manual. You can think you know what you're doing but reality is, you most likely don't. There's SO MUCH MORE to car seats than just putting them in the car and half-ass strapping your kid in. There's ins and outs and you most likely won't know about all of that unless you read the manual. So quit being ignorant and lazy. Pick up a manual, read it through, and take note of what you're doing wrong. If more people took the time to do that, there wouldn't be a bunch of people going around trying to "attack you". It's something you should already be doing. We're not being rude when we correct you, we ultimately want your child to be as safe as possible.
