Kim Kardashian gets the car seat strap wrong, Internet erupts
I don't give a rat's ass about the Kardashians…let me just put that out there.
I don't care about Kim. Not her lips, her butt or her daughter's wardrobe. I don't care about Klhoe. I know there are more of them but I've never bothered to learn their names. I don't hate them…I just don't care. Aside from those 10 minutes in 2008 when I watched Keeping up with the Kardashians and wondered “who the hell are these people,” I haven't really given them much thought. I'm just kind of meh on the Kardashians, as I am on most celebrities…except I don't get why they're even famous…but so what? They are, and therefore, everything they do is plastered all over the internet for all of us to see…and to criticize.
Today, Kim Kardashian (or someone who hangs out with her…maybe a nanny, maybe a friend) made a car seat blunder. She was on her way home from (or maybe even to) somewhere with her young daughter and an unidentified companion when she snapped a picture of the two sleeping little girls sitting in side-by-side car seats. And yes…it feels totally weird to refer to a toddler as an unidentified companion. I have no idea who North’s snoozing bestie is…but the good people in the land of Instagram have pointed out that she’s buckled incorrectly.
It took me a minute to realize what was amiss. Keep in mind, I’m old and I rode in my mom’s lap in the front seat in the 70’s when I was about this size. I'm pretty sure there were no seat belts involved whatsoever and I have a dim memory of my mom smoking a Salem while she held me. For those of you who might not be up-to-speed on the latest in child safety, the straps on the kid on the right are too loose and the clip (which should be sitting on the chest) is too low. It took all of 47 seconds for the internet to point out what Kim was doing wrong. Three thousand comments and going strong…the snarky, the helpful, the random ads for swimsuit giveways. I'm not condoning the car seat kerfluffle. It's not a minor mistake…failure to properly strap your kid in can be dangerous, even deadly. The safety of any child is not something to joke about…no matter whose child it is. But it's a shame that Kim's every little moment of motherhood gets broadcast and criticized harshly. Yes, she put that picture on Instagram. But so what? I put a picture of my kid on Instagram this morning, too. I wonder what the world would have had to say about this if I were famous:
I thought the outfit my mom picked out today was boooring. #thisis5 #boys #kidsofinstagram A photo posted by Ripped Jeans & Bifocals (@jillrobbins2012) on
While I can’t relate to life in a fishbowl, I can relate to being a good friend and neighbor. If you see someone buckling their kid into a car seat incorrectly, why not find a way to tell them politely? Those things come with manuals but people aren’t perfect and sometimes we get stuff wrong.
Because I’m a good friend and neighbor, I went on the Internet and found this this handy-dandy video from Baby Center that shows how to properly and safely put a child in the car seat. You're welcome.
The more you know, people. Share this information if you think it will help keep a child safe…but don’t be a ass about it. Moms make mistakes and need to look out for each other instead of tearing each other down and taking every little opportunity to criticize. With all the talk about ending the Mommy wars, maybe it just starts here…yes…sigh…with Kim Kardashian.
Keep your kids safe, people. And don't be a douchebag.
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You crack me up! I didn’t even know she buckled her wrong….sigh. Poor Kim!
People love to point out what other people are doing wrong! I’m big into car seat safety and I agree it’s easy to be polite about it.
Heh – I didn’t notice that they were loose either! I have a really, really hard time getting the boys’ straps at the correct level of tightness. I make sure the clip is where is should be but I’m forever worrying about their straps! And Jill – I remember my sister and I standing on the back seat of “the blue car” waving at people as we tore down the highway. I am not entirely sure there were seatbelts in the backseat! Yikes!
You pointed out one obscure mistake by Kim. Cracked me up lol. Well for all the perfection she strives for her looks…. she is human after all.
And recently Kamilla Osman is giving her a small competition on the side by trying to be like her, and she does a VERY GOOD job at it.
http://latestplasticsurgery.com/kim-kardashian-plastic-surgery-look-alike-kamilla-osman/