Experts are eliminating the age limit for children in rear-facing car seats.

The American Academy of Pediatrics advises that if your child is two years old or less, they should be in a rear-facing car seat. Now, new guidelines urge parents to keep their kids in the rear-facing style until they reach the seat's maximum height and weight limit even if they are older than two years old.

Bill McMahon, injury prevention coalition coordinator at Akron Children’s Hospital, said the new guideline is the safest way for a child to sit.

“Because their bodies are not developed, they can’t absorb a crash like an adult would,” McMahon said. “It is the absolute safest position for a child to be in, in the back seat, rear facing for as long as possible.”

The American Academy of Pediatrics also says using the correct car seat or booster can help decrease a child's risk of death or serious injury by over 70 percent.

Source: WKBN

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