[BlueStateDepression]

I would like to ask if a child should be buckled in.

Violation of their rights to force them to be buckled in?

Government overstepping?

[Atlas Sneezed]

>>I would like to ask if a child should be buckled in.

No.

>>Violation of their rights to force them to be buckled in?

No.

>>Government overstepping?

No.

We let adults do things that endanger their own health, but we don't let those responsible endanger the health of children.

[RobRoy]

“I would like to ask if a child should be buckled in. Violation of their rights to force them to be buckled in?
Government overstepping?”

Absolutely! And I eluded to it in a previous post.
My children and their safety are MY responsibility, not the states. For every minor, there is a legally responsible adult. Sometimes that adult IS the state. But when the parents are alive and not in jail or otherwise incapacitated, their wellbeing is the responsibility of the parents.

Sometimes these parents to stupid things, but it is not my call. And preserving their right to make that call is actually a higher principle than preserving the future of their individual children. After all, their children will be parents too.

The car seat laws actually offend me more than the seat belt laws. It is the ultimate nanny state incursion into our private affairs. I cannot even be trusted to protect my own children for crying out loud. They need to just butt the heck out!
My three daughters survived to adulthood, believe it or not. :)

[elkfersupper]

I would like to ask if a child should be buckled in.

I never was buckled in as a child, because there were no seatbelts.

If I have to do one more thing, or refrain from doing one more thing "for the children", I'm going to start throttling the little toots.