My 5 yr old and my 3 yr old figured out how to open there car seat belts sometimes they will open it up when i am on the road and it is scary does anyone have any ideas how to stop them
thanks
mike
I need some ideas
The first time my daughter
The first time my daughter figured out how to unbuckle her seatbelt we were on the way home from picking her up at school and I pulled over and just stopped and told her we weren't moving until she was buckled up. She tried it again a few weeks later and we turned around and went home instead of heading out. When she got home she did 10 minutes of time alone (she was 5 years old) and was grounded from the tv for the rest of the night. She's never done it since.
You have to let them know that this is non-negotiable and not just a house rule, but also a law that the police enforce and will write you a ticket for. It really hit home when I explained that if I had to pay a ticket for her seatbelt, I would be spending money that I wouldn't have later for toys and McD's trips.
Ditto
One of my three has figured out how to unbuckle and I agree, make it a deal breaker. You may already know that this way punishes you too but I has worked for me. He now knows he must wait till I tell him it is OK. I sometimes wait for a minute or so after are actually parked just to be sure he is obeying me. Of course just yesterday I realized that he unbuckled his sister's seat. Not her but her seat! No bueno! I think he now realizes that was a poor decision. I ended our excursion when I noticed what he had done. Heck, one time I made one of my Triplets sit in a chair at the pool while the rest of us swam for thirty minutes. She was NOT happy:)
Good luck,
Al
Just Be consistent.
No matter what form of reprimand(punishment) you decide on. The most important thing to remember is be consistent. It is hard to do something that affects everyone else but sometimes you have to take tough measures. Be consistent and the problem behavior should stop.
For an example we got our four year old son a booster seat. He unbuckled his seat belt one day. We told him if he did it again we would put his carseat back in. He has not tried it again.
John Gaddis
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