Reply #148: lol, riiiight [View All]

[sandnsea]

Raised 4 kids, worked at Head Start and various pre-schools, ran a scout troop for 4 years, went on various trips with the boxing club --

but I have no clue about kids. lol.

When I first posted I actually thought the kids took the seat belt off of an amusement ride because they didn't know they weren't supposed to. Seemed like a simple thing to just tell them it was against the park rules without having to ruin their day at the park.

When I realized you were talking about a problem in the car, well then that meant there was a completely different problem. Yes, kids test limits as they grow into adulthood. That's why it's up to the adult to make sure a limit like a seat belt is something they never think of testing, like going to the bathroom in the grocery aisle. It just should not occur to them and since it did, that would be because you've approached belt buckling wrong -- or they've seen an adult not wear seat belts which gave them the idea.

If they knew beyond a shadow of a doubt that the car doesn't go without everybody buckled, they would never think to test that. You did not reinforce that by allowing the car to continue down the freeway either. You should have immediately pulled over or pulled off, whichever. The car doesn't go if everybody isn't buckled. That's discipline.