Britax Booster

Booster seats, like the Britax booster seat, are just that, seats that give children a boost to make them as high as an adult using the belt restraint system that fits adults.

On a short child, a normal belt would come across their neck and could actually cause something as drastic as a decapitation if the force of an accident were great enough. That’s why Britax makes booster seats for children who are too big to still be using their toddler seats, yet too small to use the adult restraint system.

Also, if the lap belt is against your child's tummy instead of their lap, which it would be without a booster seat, then that child would suffer spleen, liver, or stomach damage in a crash.

If on the other hand it rests against the child’s neck, rather than across the chest, the child itself may try to move it under their arm, where the child would have cracked ribs and perhaps damage the internal organs, or worse yet, if put behind that child’s back, then it would give absolutely no protection to the spine, neck and head. This is why those in the children’s car seat business, like the Britax booster makers, construct those booster seats.

We adults have memories of being loose and carefree in the back seat of the family automobile, but lifesavers like the Britax booster seat had not been invented yet.

It is truly unfortunate that although there is a marked decline in injuries and deaths because of our seat belts and car seats, as there are more cars taking to the road, there are more and more crashes each year. Auto crashes are still the basis for the most deaths of children over the age of 3.

Thus the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration now advocate the use of backward facing infant seats, then having your child in a toddler’s seat until they are either 4 years old, they weigh 40 or more pounds, or if they have outgrown the toddler seat so that their shoulders are elevated more than the top available set of harness-strap slots that are found in the car seat's back.

Further, they admonish keeping a child in the toddler seat until they totally outgrow it. Then of course, they need to be moved to a booster seat like the Britax booster seat.

You see, booster seats are arranged in such a way that the lap belt can lie low and fit snugly across your child’s upper thighs. Then the shoulder belt should be allowed to cross the center point of your child’s chest and hold back the shoulder.

Booster seats must never be permitted to be used with a lap-only belt, but rather it needs to be used in conjunction with a lap and shoulder belt. No matter how short the car-trip is going to be, one never knows when one may be involved in an accident and surely your child’s safety is foremost in your thoughts, not saving a few moments to not put your child correctly in a Britax booster seat.

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