See the following guidelines to keep your child safe.
The Kohl’s Safe Rides for All Kids program at University Hospitals Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital is a community outreach initiative designed to educate and engage parents and children and ensure that kids of all ages are riding as safely as possible in their vehicles — using appropriate restraints for their age, height and weight every time they are in a car.
Recommendations for Rear-Facing Seats
Children should ride in rear-facing seats until age 2 or until they reach the upper weight or height limits of their seats, according to the American Academy of Pediatrics and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. In a crash, children are five times safer in rear-facing car seats that properly protect their heads and spines.
Booster Seats
Booster seats are for children who are at least age 4 and too big for car seats, but are less than age 8, unless they have reached 4’ 9” in height. Booster seats raise kids up so seat belts fit properly to protect them in a crash.
Booster seats come in high-back and backless styles. The purpose of high-back boosters is to provide whiplash protection for children in seating positions without a headrest.
Information about free car seat checks, recycling car seats and frequently asked safety questions can be found by visiting the program’s initiatives at uhhospitals.org/rainbow/services/injury-prevention-center or call 216-844-2277 and press 6.
