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And even from where I sit, when that little baby comes on the scene,
and they're so tiny and helpless, and their little skull hasn't even fused yet, it's terrifying.
And then you tell me I'm supposed to put this baby in a car?
Have you seen how people drive?
And I know, of course, by a car seat, right?
But how do you pick one?
There's a lot of decision-making as a parent,
and especially as a new parent, and it's very overwhelming.
It's important because you don't get to choose your crash.
You don't know when a crash is going to happen.
You don't know what direction it's going to happen.
So you have to make sure that your child is protected for every single car ride.
And we're all doing the best we can.
That's Emily Thomas, the associate director for auto safety at Consumer Reports.
She's also a mom and she has a Ph.D.
in pediatric injury biomechanics.
She says kids are a lot safer in cars than they used to be in decades past.