Car Safety. Our first lesson focuses on car safety. Children learn about sitting in a booster seat and wearing a seatbelt. Booster seats are essential to your child’s safety. Children outgrow forward-facing child safety seats when they reach approximately 40 lbs. From this point until children weigh 80 lbs and are about 4’9” tall, they must be properly buckled in booster seats, which lift them so that adult seatbelts fit them securely and safely. Without booster seats, an adult lap belt rides up over a small child’s stomach, and the shoulder belt cuts across a child’s neck. In a crash, this can cause serious or fatal injuries. Child safety seats with boosters are effective in protecting children in crashes. All children under age 12 should sit properly restrained in the back seat.

Traffic Safety. In our traffic safety lesson, children learn to look in all directions before crossing the street. Whenever you go for a walk with your child, you can talk about and practice walking safely in your neighborhood.

Be sure to congratulate your child on learning and following these safety rules. Please call me if you have any questions.