Some child safety advocates disagree with car seat law

WAUSAU - Your child may not be safe if you're following one Wisconsin car seat law. The law requires parents to keep their kids in rear-facing car seats until the age of one. But some child safety experts think 12 months isn't long enough.

The American Academy of Pediatrics updated its guidelines in 2011. Safety experts say kids should be in rear-facing car seats until they're two. But Wisconsin law lets parents turn car seats forward when their kids turn one.

"Wisconsin law says that kids have to stay rear-facing until the age of 12 months and 20 pounds. They have to hit both of those marks. That is the law," says Michelle Armstrong, the coordinator of Safe Kids Wausau Area. "We say that's on the minimum end. It's the bottom end to start with."

Full story: WJFW

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