[Business Mirror] Why child car seats are a non-negotiable

[Published as an opinion piece on Business Mirror on 5 April 2022]

Maia was riding in a van with her family one day when the driver suddenly stepped on the brakes. Miguel, her first-born, who was about 3 years old at the time, lurched forward from where he sat. “Hindi naman sya nasaktan (he was unharmed), but he was literally thrown off of his seat,” Maia recalled. “Natakot na ako (I got scared). I decided right then to get my child a car seat.”

Maia is one of many parents who were early adopters of child car seats in the Philippines, years before there was a law that required it.

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Read the full article by Leah Barona-Cruz on Business Mirror