There are many belt - positioning booster seats with minimum weight limits of 30 to 33 pounds, but the American Academy of Pediatrics has long said that «your child should stay
in a car safety seat with a harness as long as possible before being allowed to ride in a booster seat.»
Parents and caretakers are required to secure their
child in a car safety seat up until 18 months of age, with some states requiring some form of approved restraint up to age 3.
When traveling on an airplane, a child is best protected when properly
restrained in a car safety seat appropriate for the age, weight and height of the child.
Diagnosis, management, and other prevention strategies for positional plagiocephaly, such as avoidance of excessive
time in car safety seats and changing the infant's orientation in the crib, are discussed in detail in the recent AAP clinical report on positional skull deformities.88
With automobile accidents a leading cause of death among children in the United States, all 50 U.S. states require young children to be
in car safety seats when travelling in a motor vehicle.
It's surprising then that up to 14 % of kids ride unrestrained; and maybe even more surprising that many parents who do put their
children in car safety seats are installing the safety seats improperly.
The vast majority of small children riding in taxis are not
restrained in car safety seats, according to new research, even though there are tens of thousands of motor vehicle collisions involving taxis, limousines and car services each year.