I agree that it's a tragedy to not use every single means available to keep a child safe. And I agree with all the laws requiring child seats and boosters to be used. You would never see me nowdays with a child in my car without the proper legal equipment and the child restrained properly.

However, what I was referring to was the original post which started this discussion about transporting this baby in the two-seater car with NOTHING to protect it from harm. You can bet there are others out there who are still doing it. Do you think that it isn't easy to borrow a child seat long enough to take a baby home from the hospital?

I am not trying to be cynical, simply realistic. Yes, every child deserves to be safe. But what did my mother do? Seat belts weren't invented until I was 14 years old. And they were not required to be worn by law until long after that. She had 4 children and somehow, we all lived.

I'm not meaning to be beligerant. I'm simply saying that there are people out there driving around with children unrestrained. I, personally, see them every day here in Phoenix due to our large immigrant population. Some of these people aren't going to go to those places and get free child seats...they are too afraid.