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“It’s a horrible term,” she said, “but E.M.T.’s call the rear-facing seat ‘the orphan seat’ because in a bad car accident, that child is often the only one who survives.”
The New York Times, Rear-Facing Car Seats Advised for Older Toddlers, by Madonna Behen, March 21, 2011
March 21, 2011