The nhs website says forward facing seats are fine from 9 months though. Is the nhs incorrect?
Definitely not safe, yet irritatingly legal. Anyone trained in car seat safety will say rearfacing is safest until at least 4. The law allows for people to forward face long before this and put kids in three point belt HBBs from the age of 2.
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The science is that the pelvic bones aren't formed fully until closer to five, which would mean their risk of damage when FF/in a HBB is significantly higher until those bones are fused.
This is a massive minefield, and people can do as they see fit. I stay in my rearfacing lane
Maybe people are using wifi at work, at friends or families, or even a cheap offer etc. Maybe they only log on briefly and use their inclusive data? Or maybe they now work from home and get internet provided? Or they homeschool and so broadband is really an essential? Maybe the do work online that means they need a connection. Everything is so geared to having online access now that it is becoming an essential for a lot of people. Maybe they're housebound so being online is the one connection they really have to the outside world?
I don't think people having broadband is the optional luxury it used to be, for most it really is a necessary now.
Even to apply for benefits, council tax etc, so much is now automated and an internet connection is needed. Plus, there are broadband packages out there which are extremely cheap compared to the cost of heating bills. The pandemic has really cemented that it's a necessity for online learning too. Without it, my husband couldn't have worked from home to shield. It's a different world now, and the internet is needed.