Evenflo wants to make sure that you have a safe and fun summer experience with your kids. They have come up with some statistics for car seat installation.  60% of moms and 63% of dads confess installing their car seat was challenging, while 5% of moms actually compared the experience with going through labor.
The challenge doesn’t end when the seat is installed, parents expressed other car seat frustrations: Adjusting car-seat straps got parents in a tangle the most (60%), followed by making sure the straps were tight enough (48%). It’s no surprise, as a third (34%) of parents say their child has wiggled out of their car seat and one-fifth of parents admit this happens at least once a week.
To help keep your kids safe they have developed the Evenflo Momentum 65 DLX Convertible car seat featuring e3 Side Impact technology that provides superior protection in side impact crashes with an expanded zone of protection.
Parents are humans and are not exempt to frustrations of the road! Parents admit that when in driving mode they don’t always take the high road: Almost three-quarters (74%) of moms and dads admit to cursing at another driver in their child’s presence, while 28% have flipped the bird, and 21% have rolled down their window to scream at another driver. While 30% of parents say they never swear in front of their kids in the car, 61% say they sometimes let the loose language fly.
And talk about a “wheel†distraction: attending to a baby while driving causes 38% to miss their exit once in a while, and 12% to miss their exit often and has caused 38% of parents to get lost. To help minimize the distractions on the road Evenflo would like to send one winner The Ultimate Savvy Parent’s Car Kit.
This includes the following ($100 value):
- $25 Gas Gift Card, a little treat for mom and dad
- Moist Wipes, for quick car clean up
- Baby Mirror, to check out rear-facing baby while driving
- Soft Book, to secure safety of passengers when thrown during tantrum
- Kid/Parent Friendly CD, to inspire a family sign along
- Car Dustbuster, for hunting down cheerios between seats
- Window Shade, to keep the hot summer sun out
- Animal Crackers and a Snack Trap, to carve cravings
- Car organizer, to keep it all arranged neatly!
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I was not financially compensated for this review. I received a travel pack for review purposes. This is my honest opinion.
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Always have plenty of healthy and non-messy snacks along. Empty bellies = crabby kids!
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My best travel tip with kids is to pack plenty of food and drinks, a portable potty, and dvd player with videos if possible.
Have snacks and different kinds of entertainment available!
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Let them watch movies and have some small toys and snacks.
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We bring lots of papers, crayons and snacks for the girls. My girls love to draw so that’s our must have for long trips. Thanks for the giveaway!
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We always bring movies and lots of snacks
A portable dvd player, lots of toys and books, and tons of snacks! Oh, and drive/fly at night if you can!
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Always have plenty of food & water with you. Thanks for the contest.
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My best traveling tip is to freeze juice packs for long car rides so that they always stay cold.
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The best tip I’ve learned about traveling with children is to actually get their help in packing their own bags — to find out what books, movies (for a laptop or portable DVD player), games, and snacks they would like, and to ask as close to the departure time as possible to make sure they’re choosing what they’re going to enjoy on the trip. Thanks for the great giveaway!
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I alway have snack available. Whatever is wrong, boredom, has to pee, whatever… a snack is a great distraction!
My favorite traveling with kids tip is to bring a cooler with drinks, snacks and several damp washcloths in zip top bags. They’re great for cleaning and freshening the kids hands and faces.
Has probably already been said but my best tip is to travel at night when they are sleeping!
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