More on The Safe Transportation of Children
I wrote a while back on The Safe Transportation of Children. An article in our newspaper this weekend prompted me to bring up the topic again.
A mother here in South Carolina is on a mission to improve child safety laws, and educate parents on how to keep their kids safe in the car. Click here for the article. The mother was following all child safety laws back in 1997, but her 5 year old was still killed in a car accident. She was crushed internally by the force of the seatbelt, which was all the law required the little girl to be in at that time.
Could you imagine?
We like to think that as long as we follow what the law states for child safety, our kids will be fine. But we have to remember, laws are not enough. Who are laws really written for? Laws are written to explain the bare minimum requirements of human behavior to people who are just too stupid to figure it out on their own.
Think about it, we have laws on the books that say it is illegal to commit murder. Is this really such a hard concept for humans to understand without a law? For some, apparently it is. So we have to set forth the bare minimum requirements. Hoping that not only will people obey the law, but they will rise far above it, and have better interactions with their fellow humans than just refraining from murder.
The same goes for child safety laws. The laws on the books are there because there are some people who are just too stupid to figure out on their own that you shouldn't ride around in the front seat of a car with a baby on your lap. We set forth the bare minimum requirements, and hope that not only will people obey the law, but that will rise far above it and always do what is necessary for the complete protection of their children.
As the mother states in her article, "Our children are our most valuable gift. We have been given a mandate as parents to protect them." I couldn't agree more.
I love my boys enough to do whatever is necessary and to say no emphatically when their safety and well-being is at stake. I expect those in whom I entrust my children to do the same.
Do you?
Please read this mother's article, and help keep a horrible tragedy from happening to another child.
A mother here in South Carolina is on a mission to improve child safety laws, and educate parents on how to keep their kids safe in the car. Click here for the article. The mother was following all child safety laws back in 1997, but her 5 year old was still killed in a car accident. She was crushed internally by the force of the seatbelt, which was all the law required the little girl to be in at that time.
Could you imagine?
We like to think that as long as we follow what the law states for child safety, our kids will be fine. But we have to remember, laws are not enough. Who are laws really written for? Laws are written to explain the bare minimum requirements of human behavior to people who are just too stupid to figure it out on their own.
Think about it, we have laws on the books that say it is illegal to commit murder. Is this really such a hard concept for humans to understand without a law? For some, apparently it is. So we have to set forth the bare minimum requirements. Hoping that not only will people obey the law, but they will rise far above it, and have better interactions with their fellow humans than just refraining from murder.
The same goes for child safety laws. The laws on the books are there because there are some people who are just too stupid to figure out on their own that you shouldn't ride around in the front seat of a car with a baby on your lap. We set forth the bare minimum requirements, and hope that not only will people obey the law, but that will rise far above it and always do what is necessary for the complete protection of their children.
As the mother states in her article, "Our children are our most valuable gift. We have been given a mandate as parents to protect them." I couldn't agree more.
I love my boys enough to do whatever is necessary and to say no emphatically when their safety and well-being is at stake. I expect those in whom I entrust my children to do the same.
Do you?
Please read this mother's article, and help keep a horrible tragedy from happening to another child.
posted by Susan | 4:08 PM
1 Comments:
That is such a scary and important issue to think about. I hope the car seat I have does its job.
Lisa
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