My 8 year old is getting picked on for sitting in the back seat.

[savoycabbage]

I don't really want her sitting on the front, because it's safer. I have tried to explain that to her but she is just so sad.

I live in Australia where you don't have to be in any sort of car seat at all after you are 7 so none of her friends are in a carseat and they are in the front. She is in a high backed booster in the back.

I feel torn. I don't know if I should loosen up and let her in the front or let her have no car seat. Or not.

Just tell her to blame it on you when she gets picked on.

The issue isn't that she's disagreeing with you, the issue is that her peers are being mean about it. She needs strategies to deal with that, not a sermon on road safety.

if she is getting picked on regularly then you need to talk to the school about it!

if they were picking on her about anything else you would, woul;dn't you?

it isn't up to you or her to do anything differently, the other children need to learn not to be unkind just because someone does something in a different way.

Teach her to say "My mummy makes me sit in the back because she loves me enough to keep me safe."

[harsh]

My children 12 and 9 only sit in the back and never question it they know they are too small to sit in front with or without air bags.

Thank you. I am going to get her tinted Harley's post this morning before she goes to school. I tried last night to try to teach her some scathing retorts but she is too quiet and shy. I would love her to be able to stand up for herself a bit more.

Sometimes when you live in another county you feel so different from other people because I am making different choices so it really helps to hear that some other people think the same way as I do.