How to Choose the Right Car Seat

Choosing a Car Seat(Photo: jonbro) When choosing a car seat for your child you want to make sure you pick something that will fit their size correctly. Here, we will show you how to choose the right car seat for your child, from infant to booster seat. Should I go by Age or Size? While…

Do Car Seats Expire?

Car Seats Expire(Photo: drewgstephens) When you think of expiration dates, you might think of the gallon of milk in your refrigerator, but believe it or not, car seats expire, too. But do car seats expire or is it just a ploy by the manufacturers to get you to buy a new one? Deterioration of Materials…

Police Officers Buy Car Seats for Young Mother

Cop car Photo: brewbooks If you’re looking for a story to warm your heart, you’ll want to keep reading. While police officers were conducting a traffic stop, they came across a woman in need of new car seats. As a gesture of goodwill, the police officers went out of their way to buy her some….

Toyota’s Buckle Up for Life Dispels Car Seat Myths

Buckle Up for Life educates parents on car seat safety If you’re a proud parent, you know that nothing is more important than ensuring the safety of your child while you’re on the road. Yet every year, hundreds of parents install their children’s car seats incorrectly without realizing, ultimately jeopardizing their safety in the event…

Two Volkswagen SUVs Cater to Kids’ Car Seat Safety and Space

2018 Volkswagen Atlas Two Volkswagen SUVs make car seat installation less stressful with easy-access and quality Latch anchors and deliver families with enough space for at least two kid-specific seats that the editors at Cars.com have taken notice. Because the editors are so impressed with the family-friendly safety features regarding cars seats in both the…

The Best Convertible Car Seats

This article contains affiliate links. As an Amazon Associate, The News Wheel may earn a small commission when you click on links and complete qualifying purchases. You can read our full disclaimer here. Convertible car seats eliminate the hassle and expense of buying multiple car seats for your child Convertible car seats are a smart investment…

Smart Car Seat Could Give You a Massage or Save Your Life

Intelligent Active Wellness car seat Image: Reuters via Youtube It seems like, lately, car manufacturers are all about making the car smarter—nowadays, car manufacturers have promised and delivered advanced technologies to protect the driver from circumstances they can’t avoid, ranging from Blind Spot Warning systems and the simple backup camera systems on many new cars…

Ford Developing Ways to Prevent Car Seats from Aging

Photo: Ford Motor Company Sunscreen is an absolutely vital component of your summer, whether you’re wanting to avoid the all-too-familiar pain of being scorched or avoid the long-term effects caused by prolonged exposure to the sun. But wearing sunscreen as well as hand sanitizer can have a negative effect on your car seats — chemicals…

Car Seat Safety Reminder for Young Trick-Or-Treaters

Whether you’re a parent or the friend of a young trick-or-treater, if you’ll be chaperoning any young children on Halloween, it’s important to keep them safe. We’ve already mentioned safe driving tips for this holiday. And we’ve also shared suggestions to help keep trick-or-treaters protected while they celebrate on this night. Now, we’d like to…

American Academy of Pediatrics Updates Car Seat Safety Guidelines Once Again

New child passenger safety seat guidance advises kids to ride rear-facing as long as possible; drops age criterion. @DrBenHoffman explains: https://t.co/F7l4eLCT1Z pic.twitter.com/AWsqlfk9k7 — AAP News (@AAPNews) August 30, 2018 Until now, many parents typically wait until their little one turns 2 years old before switching them to a front-facing car seat. As of today, parents…

4 Tips for Winter Child Car Seat Safety

A properly installed car seat can help keep your child safer on the road. But in the colder months, there are a few easy mistakes you might make to decrease the effectiveness of the car seat in a collision. Here are some tips to help keep your child warm in the winter without compromising their…

NHTSA Is Urged to Make Car Seat Side-Impact Standards

Photo: Kampus Production via Pexels Recently, the attorneys general representing 17 states and Washington, D.C. requested that the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration set side-impact standards for child car seats. Congress first asked for the NHTSA to create side-impact standards more than 20 years ago, but it still has not done so. Keeping Your Family…

Is Renting a Car Seat a Safe Idea on Vacation?

Photo: Sharon McCutcheon via Unsplash Children might be small, but they require you to bring a huge amount of stuff with you when traveling. And the smaller they are, the more stuff they need. If you’re heading on vacation and plan to fly, you’ll need to consider your car seat needs as well as things…