If I Worked for the CSA

If I were an employee of the Canadian Standards Association, I would make car seat manufacturers take a simple test prior to granting them permission to sell their car seats in Canada:
In my presence they would have to take a 70-80 pound RABID Doberman and attempt to properly secure it in their own creation. I would have the utmost confidence that should any manufacturer pass this test, parents would have somewhere between a 33-47% chance of being able to put their own children into the same seat. Cujo pales in comparison to a toddler who hasn’t had his/her nap.

Trying to get my kids safely secured before we hit the road is reminiscent of those episodes of COPS where the redneck just won’t cooperate by getting into the back seat of the squad car. Swap the wifebeater shirt for a winter snowsuit and you have a parental rite of passage anytime you want to travel between the months of November to March.



Motivational Tunes:
Dangerous Toys – Scared
Kylie Minogue – Love at First Sight
Enuff Z’nuff – Fly High Michelle
Madonna – Deeper and Deeper
(divas and hair bands!)