Installing child car seats suck but there's no denying how important properly using these devices is to saving lives and minimizing injuries during an accident. Using a booster seat or regular seat belt when your child gets older is just as vital. These are the messages we at City Dads Group want to reinforce with all our moms and dads as we start National Child Passenger Safety Week 2018. Vehicle crashes are a leading cause of death for children in the United States. An average of two children under age 13 were killed per day in 2016 while riding in a vehicle, according to national … [Read more...]
Child Car Seat Demo, Giveaway Sept. 19 on Facebook
To mark Monday's start of national Child Passenger Safety Week, City Dads Group will team with baby goods manufacturer Britax for a live Facebook discussion and demonstration about proper use of a child car seat. The live online video chat starts at 12:30 p.m. Eastern time (9:30 a.m. Pacific) on the City Dads Group Facebook page. The event will be broadcast live from Britax's U.S. headquarters in Charlotte, N.C., where several members of our Charlotte Dads Group will be on site for the discussion. In addition to showing parents how to properly install a child car seat, the broadcast will … [Read more...]
Dear Every Other Parent in Pick-up Line at School
Editor's Note: While this is Child Passenger Safety Week, sometimes it is the parents driving the cars who need to be protected from one another. L.A. Dads Group member Zach Rosenberg discusses his concern in this open letter to those who drive their kids to and from school. I know school just started. I know it’s an exciting time for you and for your small child. But please, please, pretty fucking please, stay in your line. I know it’s tough … I’m sympathetic to your pain. I’m in line, too. Thing is, we’re all in line. So get your ass where it needs to be and inch forward like … [Read more...]
In Praise of the 5-Point Harness Car Seat
Editor's Note: To mark national Child Passenger Safety Week, we asked our dads for a story about how a car seat saved their child from harm in a car accident. What follows is Chicago (and former NYC) Dads Group member Adam Gertsacov's tale. My son is now 7, and much to his chagrin, he's still in a car seat, not a booster. We do have a booster, but it's for guests or travel mostly. Whenever it is convenient (and many times when it's not) we put him in the car seat because of the 5-point harness. He's going to be in that car seat until he physically doesn't fit into it or he starts driving, … [Read more...]
Car Seat Questions? City Dads Group Has Answers
Frustrated by child car seats? You are not alone as many (if not most) parents have at one time or another struggled with installing a seat or wondered whether with child restraint system they are using is the right one. As this is national Child Passenger Safety Week, City Dads Group has put together this list of car seat resources to make your life easier and the life of your child safer: Precious cargo in the city: Child car seat / booster seat safety FAQ – NYC Dads Group/Britax (downloadable PDF) How to find the right car seat – SaferCar.gov How to install a child safety seat … [Read more...]