DS 7 not sitting in a booster seat

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My DS who has just turned 7, was picked up by his father this morning to go on holiday. Despite him owning a high-backed booster seat, he has decided that at 132 cm (135 cm being the new legal limit) he is old enough and tall enough not to have a booster seat. He was also sitting in the front seat of a car with an airbag (def not disabled). When DS is in the car with me and DH he has a full backed booster and occasionally on emergency school pickups has used a bottom seat booster (IYKWIM?). I can't stand my ex husband and I was furious when DH told me - my question is how would you feel? (by the way, it is entirely possible I am over reacting!)

Airbags are designed with adult paasengers in mind and as such can cause serious injury to a child sitting in the front seat.

This. I'm surprised people think otherwise.

My DS has just turned 7, and is 136cm tall. He still uses a booster seat, and will continue to do so, and will not sit in the front seat until much older.

LouBlue no the issue is not with my DH for allowing my DS to go on holiday with his father - the car seat issue is not for him to police but he told me about it because he is concerned for DS safety. A full blown argument (which ExH would have turned it into) would have ensued which not have been appropriate infront of any child. I think I am getting the idea that I am not being unreasonable and should mention it to my solicitor. I wouldn't hesitate to use an available booster seat for any child and would make sure that in an emergency, a child without a suitable seat, was not in the front. sailorcherries v pleased to hear that my DS isn't the only v tall one at the end of Yr2!

DS (10) is only allowed in the front on short local journeys - never if we're going on the motorway. Stupid to have a 7YO in the front without a booster.

YANBU for thinking your ex is a knob but I don't think you can do much about it

Not sure if I'm being dense but what difference does being in a booster seat make if your concern is the airbag with a child riding in the front?

A booster seat just makes them a bit taller but it won't protect them from an airbag...surely it's going to whack them in the face whether they're in a seat or not?

Is it really 150cm in Ireland? I presume age then takes over and you don't require one as otherwise I would need one 😂

Of course there's an issue there.. You seem concerned really concerned about your child's safety but not enough to have expected your DP to stop DC from going in the car incase an argument ensued. Sorry but for me, safety overrules everything.
A simple 'you must of forgotten the car seat in your rush, here borrow mine until you're back'.
Seems to me like your trying to point score against your ex more than anything.

Airbags should be disabled when children are in the front. Or at the very least the seat should be pushed back as far as possible to put as much distance between them

purple I was thinking that, 150cm is 5ft, no? I'd need one too! Plenty of adult women and teens would need one. That can't be right, surely.

Airbags should indeed be switched off as they can break young children's necks. Bones in children are very soft.

I'd be very angry if I were you. Speaking to your solicitor would be a good thing. Dd still likes her high back booster, which is great for long journeys. She just about fits into at 143cm. I insist on her using a booster wherever possible. The law in the uk say 135 cm. but 150cm is a much safer height limit.

LouBlue your personal views on how I feel about my ExH are irrelevant. My DH was caught off-guard - you have absolutely no idea of the sort of response he would have received should he have said anything. I am not "point scoring" against my ExH - I was honest enough to say I can't stand him but your view that I put point scoring above my child's safety is abhorrent at best.