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Definitely, any more than 3 kids and you need to buy a van (or 4WD aka SUV for americans). Or so we thought... turns out that once they grow bigger, you need a
by chubs 4y ago
Definitely, any more than 3 kids and you need to buy a van (or 4WD aka SUV for americans). Or so we thought... turns out that once they grow bigger, you need a 3-rows car anyway because if you jam 3 kids next to each other they fight like rabid cats.
- freetime2 4y agoEven with just two kids we'll often ride with one parent in the back and one kid up front, which we have found to greatly reduce fighting.
- parineum 4y agoMy brother, sister and I rode in the back seat over a two week (one way) road trip halfway across the country. It's surprising what you don't "need" when you can't have it.
- spockz 4y agoAt least in Europe the car seats are so wide and the benches so narrow that you can forget having 3 children in the back row. Also isofix is usually missing in the center “seat” which is typically smaller or even raised. The only case that I have seen work is with two rear facing seats on the outer seats and a small/narrow front facing seat in the middle. I wish manufacturers hadn’t killed off MPVs. Now we are stuck with older models with less to no hybrid/electric drivetrains at higher than new cost. Or getting a huge (for Europe standards) car or an gas guzzling van. Edit: turns out that, in the Netherlands, a car seat in the center seat isn’t required if it doesn’t fit in your car. Only a raised seat is allowed if the kids are smaller than 135cm. But what about safety? Then the middle one won’t have a car seat.