Child Passenger Safety Resources for Parents
Fact sheets
These educational tools address the many questions you may have about safe seating positions for children, use of belts and tethers, safe cars for families, correct belt-positioning booster seat use, transitioning children to adult seat belts, and helping teens to be smart passengers.
- For Your Family: Safe Seating Positions Fact Sheet
- For Your Family: Belt-Positioning Booster Seats Fact Sheet
- For Your Family: Family Restraint Checklist
- Teach Your Teen to be a Smart Passenger Fact Sheet
A guide to the latest recommendations from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)
In March 2011, the AAP revised its child passenger safety recommendations based on research and crash statistics, with CHOP’s Dennis Durbin, MD, MSCE serving as the lead author of the revisions. Below, you can view a podcast of Dr. Durbin explaining the changes and implications for keeping your children safe in the car.
Four Key Safety Tips
- Restrain your child on every trip, every time.
- Keep your child in the back seat.
- Use the best safety restraint for your child's size.
- Use child safety seats and seat belts correctly.
Order Educational Videos
Order our free DVD, "A Crash Course in Child Passenger Safety," with content available in both English and Spanish: