Don't let them eat while talking, running, or lying down. Don't let children toss or pour food into their mouths. But car crashes remain the leading cause of death for kids under age five. All 50 states have enacted child safety seat laws. It is much safer to buckle an infant car seat into the rear seat.
Any belt is better than no belt - for a child as well as an adult.
If your rear seat has shoulder straps, you can buy the kind of booster seat that raises your child so that the shoulder strap crosses his chest, not neck. If the rear seat has only lap belts, choose a booster seat that has a harness or shield, which will act as a torso restrainer. As more and more people buy exercise equipment, doctors are seeing a dramatic rise in the number of related injuries to young children. Stationary bikes injure thousands of kids each year, with more than a third of them suffering hand or finger injuries. Hot liquids are the leading cause of nonfatal burns.