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Boating Safety for Little Kids
Car Seat Checkup Events
Due to COVID-19, inspection stations hours in your area are likely to be suspended or adjusted. Please call ahead to make sure they are open.
Want professional help to learn how to install your car seat? Safe Kids hosts thousands of child passenger safety events across the country. Our trained technicians will teach you everything you need to know to make sure your car seat is fitted and installed correctly.
To find an event, select your state on the left-side navigation.
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Even if you don’t see a car seat event in your area, we still might have a technician who can help.
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Boating Safety for Little Kids
Spending time with family and friends on a river, lake, or marina is a favorite summer activity. Follows these precautions to help children and adults boat safely.
Top Safety Tips
- Always have your children wear a U.S. Coast Guard-approved personal flotation device (PFD) while on boats, around open bodies of water or participating in water sports. Here's some more information on how to choose the right PFD.
- Remember that things such as water wings, noodles and other swimming aids are fun toys for kids, but they should never be used in place of approved PFDs.
- Explain some basic boat rules and have everyone follow them. Children need to understand and follow rules such as keeping their hands and feet inside the boat at all times and not running on a boat.
- Every child is different, so enroll children in swimming lessons when you feel they are ready.