Ming shares strategies for getting kids comfortable in car seats through gradual exposure and positive reinforcement. The approach builds familiarity slowly rather than forcing compliance, making the transition easier for both parent and child.
When I'm working with parents, what they do is they give in to the child a lot, and obviously they know they shouldn't. Not saying that everything I say is going to work. It needs to be case by case. We start by introducing the baby chair inside of the house. First, buckle him in and then let him have some snacks. Make it easy. Slowly move the chair closer and closer to the car. Put the chair in the car. He goes in without the car started. Let him sit inside and have a snack or watch something or have a fun game. And slowly we start to turn on the car and just sit there for an extended period of time. Then we go on the journey. Because what we don't want to do is to start the training. In real life, you don't want to do the training during the real thing. You want to have a dress rehearsal. So you dress, rehearse at home. You make sure he cannot get out of the strap. Make sure he has a good time and has something, a reason to stay. And then you start actually driving out. When you do that, you layer it in, and it makes it easy for the child to understand why he's supposed to stay there. Because. Because it's good for him. It's fun. There's rewards and such. All right.
