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Parenting Guide - Special Notification
(Now What Do I Do, A Guide for Happy & Healthy Children, Parents & Caregivers, Princeton, N.J.: HRET, ©2000)
Errata August 3, 2000
PLEASE NOTE:
If you have received a copy of HRET's parenting guide, Now What Do I Do, A Guide for Happy and Health Children, Parents and Caregiver we want to notify you of a misprint of information in the Child Safety/Car Seat section of the guide.
The New Jersey Safety Council strongly recommends that all babies under 1-year of age sit in a rear-facing car seat placed in your car's back seat. Also, if your child is under 20 pounds, regardless of age, your child should sit in a rear facing car seat placed in your car's back seat.
When it is time for your child to sit in a booster seat it is important to carefully read the instructions of the seat, as every booster seat has different weight requirements. For example, some booster seats are built to hold a child that weighs between 40-60 lbs. while other booster seats can safely hold a child that weighs between 40-80 lbs. It is recommended that all children over 80 lbs. be carefully buckled in a lap/shoulder belt when traveling in a car.
We encourage you find your copy of the guide and make these corrections on page 18, (corrections are boldfaced):
The third heart bullet - Car seats should be placed in the back seat facing backwards until your baby is 1 year and weighs 20 pounds.
The fifth heart bullet - Use a booster seat for children between 40 and about 60- 80 lbs. and a lap/shoulder belt for children over 80 lbs.
For further questions please call: HRET Research, 609-275-4147.
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