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Catch Others Being Good.
Point out when you see other kids in
their car seats. Cut pictures of happy kids sitting in their car seats from
magazines and add them to the scrapbook. Let your child overhear you
gossip about the car-seat cooperation of kids he knows.
Fairy Tales.
For older car-seat resisters, making up stories about
giving in will plant the seed of cooperation and may help you prevent
the conflict from ever occurring:
Charlie the Crab hated to be in the car seat … but he
loved swimming with the other crabs at the clear, blue
lake. He was sooo crabby. “No seat! No seat!” he’d cry
over and over! But one day his friend Finny the Fish told
him, “Hey, Charlie, when I was little I didn’t like car
seats, but now my mom sings songs with me and we sing
the whole way to the lake. It’s fun! What’s your favorite
song? Let’s sing it now!”
Role-Play.
Play with his dolls and his car seat. Have one doll be the
child who resists the seat and another doll be the mommy who says, “I
know you hate it, little dolly. You say, ‘No, no, no! ’ But let’s have some
fun and make it your fun seat! We can sing a silly song or read a

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book … your choice.”
Tools to End a Car-Seat Fight
If the struggle has already begun, try this:
Connect with Respect.
Even when you have to enforce a rule,
remember to show your respect:
At least twice a week, Christianne’s 29-month-old
firecracker, Aurora, would erupt into screaming in the
middle of a car ride. Christianne couldn’t stop, but she
tried her best to let her little one know she really got her