The infantilization of the West rages on!
A bunch of us old ‘uns never even wore seat belts and look how we turned out.
Today’s featherweight, tiny (but fuel sipping) cars mean more risks to an untethered passenger in a crash than did the old hunks of Detroit steel (specially in the back seat with a generous hunk of front bench seat upholstery to catch you). I do not know why automobile manufacturers don’t come up with some kind of integrated kiddy-seat system that can be swapped out for the “normal” seats.