If your child is under 13, they’re always safest in the back seat. #TheRightSeat pic.twitter.com/mPYmDoku5t
— NHTSA (@NHTSAgov) September 14, 2017
Middle school is a rough time for most kids. It's an age when they go from being children, to teenagers. They start reading young adult novels, like Twilight, and go to painstaking lengths to distance themselves from things they loved when they were younger.
Naturally, when you go to drive them to school in your Ford Explorer, they insist they should ride in the front, and never in a booster seat. "But moooom," you hear them cry, "The other kids will make fun of me!"
Many parents make the mistake of thinking specialized safety gear, like car seats, are only necessary when their child is very young. However, the seat belt systems in most Ford vehicles will not properly fit a child until they are about 4-feet-9-inches tall. Until then, a booster seat helps create a good belt fit—a critical factor for surviving a crash.
The NHTSA also recommends all children under 13 remain in the back seat, no matter how "uncool" it may look to their friends.
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