If you are interested in traffic safety for kids you may have stubled upon many of the videos dealing with this topic on YouTube. Most of them advocate rear-facing car seats for kids, and this is good. However, many of these videos say that you should have a rear-facing seat at least until the child is one year old. Current research (see Rearward-facing child restraints recommended up to at least four years of age) go further and recommend rear-facing car seats for kids until they are four years old. In other words, the longer the better. A rearward facing seat has proven to be much safer for kids.

Here is one video that explains the danger and risk of serious injury if you are using a forward-facing child restraint: