Most parents know to keep their children in car seats until they are four years old or forty pounds.
My son is almost five, and I hesitated to remove his booster from the car. He just looked so vulnerable in only a seatbelt. The seat belts are apparently not enough to protect children in an accident. Car crashes are the leading cause of death and disability for young children, and the study suggests that booster seats can greatly reduce fatalities and serious injuries in children. The new report, conducted by The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and the University of Pennsylvania, was recently published in the Medical Journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics.