Parent Confession: Many Skip Booster Seats For Carpoolers

You set out with a crew from the birthday party, but find you’re a booster short. Do you make sure your own child gets one?

Or do you, instead, let all the kids use belts only? In a national survey published today by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), half of the 1,612 parents of 4- to 8-year-olds questioned said they sometimes let passengers – and their own kids – go booster free if not every child is using one.

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