Originally posted by Tonya
My girlfriend drives a big Suburban and her two year old twins run lose in it. They even sit on her lap while she drives. It makes me crazy! Her excuse is "Well, they won't sit in their car seat, they hate them." If it were my kids, I'd drive with a belt in one hand. Everytime they unstrapped the seatbelt, I'd flash that belt. The belt would do alot less damage then a head through the windshield.
I had a sister in law like that. She let her two year old just roam around the car. It really upset me and she said "oh, she just hates the car seat."

So I told her of the story of a dear male friend who "hated" seat belts too. He was in a horrible car accident and he was thrown from his van. He hit the center divider on the BACK OF HIS NECK!
He was paralyzed from the neck down. He passed away six weeks later.

She stopped the car - made my little niece sit in the car
seat.......and we never heard a peep out of her!

Sometimes we forget who is in charge of children.......and what our adult responsibilities are to them.