How can i scare a almost 6 year old to wear her seat belt?!
Question: my little sister is almost 6.
she fights to not wear her seatbelt.
is there anything i can do to help my mom..
because i know my mom doesnt need extra stress.
Answers: my little sister is almost 6.
she fights to not wear her seatbelt.
is there anything i can do to help my mom..
because i know my mom doesnt need extra stress.
Tell her that she can DIE if she doesn't. Show her pics of smashed up cars and tell her that that can happen to her and the car.
the bogey monster will get you
The easiest thing to do is NOT move the vehicle until she is seatbelted in.
tell her the boogey man can get her while the car is moving but wearing the seat belt prevents her from being whisked away.....
I wouldn't use any scare tactics
at 6 your sis is old enough to understand the benefits of wearing a seat belt
Tell her its the law and if the police see that she isn't wearing a seat belt she will go to jail. Sometimes you have to tell whoppers just for their own safety.
Threaten to kick her little butt if she doesn't comply.
you shouldn't have to scare your sister, she needs to know that's the law, if she refuse's then do not take her anywhere, your Mom needs to get stricter, no one wants a ticket
put her in the backseat and do something to make airbag go off... that is very scary.... like hit a curb real hard
No no, don't show her wrecks, she's far too young for that.
Take her to the highway department or police department and get one of the troopers or officers to give her a safety talk. At age 6 talks from those authority figures still have a strong effect on young minds.
Good Lord, girl, do not show that child any smashed up cars...
Tell your Mom, as a mother myself, I advise her to grow a set and make the kid wear her belt....
There have been studies that show that people do not truly develop the ability to usefully link cause and effect until their late teens and early twenties. Thus all the teenagers who drive drunk and what-not because they think they are invincible. Trying to scare her into wearing a seatbelt will not work because she probably lacks the capability of connecting "If I don't do this" to "I will die." Death itself is probably a foreign concept to her as well.
Best thing is to appeal to her better nature. Thank her effusively for putting on her seatbelt before she even has done so, "Thank you so much for putting on your seatbelt! You know it makes mom happy when you do what you're supposed to do!" Then reward her with a thumbs-up or a hug when she complies and buckles up. Positive reinforcement for behaviors you want work better than anything at her age.
Doesn't she still have to be in one of those booster seats? I thought they had to be in them until they were like 35 lbs or something.
You could show her some of those terrible drivers ed movies until she is begging to wear her seat belt.
OR maybe you could tell her that she has NO choice, your mom is the adult and what she says goes. She is SIX...she doesn't get to decide. It's not like she's choosing grape jelly or strawberry jam...this is required by law, for her safety, so she doesn't DIE. Children shouldn't get a choice or be allowed to do things like unbuckle their seat belts. Have your mom stop the car and not go anywhere until she buckles it up. Take your sisters toys, fav. movie/doll/whatever away until she behaves.
I don't mean to sound crass about this or judgmental but so many people die each year because of not wearing their seat belts and the thought of my own 5 yr. old niece not wearing her seat belt sickens me because she's so little and naive.
Good luck and bless you for trying to protect your little sister.
No, next time she refuses to wear her seat belt, slam on the brakes at about 25-30, when the jolt tosses her almost out of the seat, she'll learn!
Tell her that if she doesn't wear her seatbelt then 1) the cops can arrest her and her mommy 2) if she can't wear her seatbelt then she is not allowed to go anywhere... try that the next time she want to go somewhere...
Don't they have a lock you can put on them go to your police station and see if they do i know they have them for some buses for the kids good luck
Easy tell her don't ask her or give her an option. Seat belts are the law and she is breaking it and so is your mother. If your mother gets caught and has to pay a fine or worse still if there was an accident how would you all feel that you let her at 6 yrs old decide on whether she wears a seat belt. All 5 of my kids wear a seat belt and the deal is we go no where until everyone has theirs on. That way there is no stress as soon enough if everyone wants to go somewhere they will put them on. One of my kids took their seat belt off when they were younger thinking we had stopped but we were at the lights. Well I didn't move until their seat belt was back on and the traffic behind me had to wait. I wasn't going to have an accident over something like a seat belt. Good luck and Merry Xmas. :)
I have had my daughter at soem point, not want to wear their seat belts.
#1. Don't tell her you are not going until she buckles, leave her on the outside of the car, get in and start to go--I bet she will change her mind.
#2Don't give her the option, just tell her she is going to buckle--a slap on the butt will not kill her either.
#3 depending on how big your town is, I know the local police are usually more then glade to come to your house and have a little talk with the child--that might scare her enough.
#4 Don't show that child pictures of what not wearing your seat belt will do. That is just disturbing and may scare her into not wanting to get into the car at all--so think very hard before you decide this is a good idea!
#5 You could set up a reward system, every time she buckels up she gets a star and after so many stars she gets a little treat. KIds love that!