Palliative care teams of doctors, nurses, and social workers provide patients and families with the information they need to make painful choices, including decisions to avoid overly invasive care. What patients and their families want is for doctors to be clearer and more realistic about whatâs going on.
Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene Maryland KISS Program Protect your children as they ride! The back seat is the safest. Children under 13 years old should ride in the back seat. * âChild restraintâ includes car seats, booster seats, or other federally approved safety devices. Marylandâs Child Passenger Safety Law
The laws vary based on age, height, and/or weight. For example, several states allow children the age of six and up or over 40 pounds to use the regular seatbelt without a booster seat. But as Elliott.org points out, there are safer guidelines from SafeKids.org regarding not just weight but height: Kids should be at least 4â9â tall and weigh at least 80 pounds before transitioning out of the booster. The American Academy of Pediatrics says kids between 8 and 12 years of age should be in booster seats.