Will my shoulder lap belt hurt my child while he is in his booster seat?

Will my shoulder lap belt hurt my child while he is in his booster seat?

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Most parents are worried about the shoulder belt rubbing against the child's neck when they are in their booster seat. Actually the part of the belt that hurts the child when in their booster seat is not the shoulder belt, but the lap belt. Children don't have the hip bones fully developed until they're 10 years of age. It's hard for them to keep the lap belt down low on their thighs when in the booster seat. What the booster seat does is put the child at a different angle in relation to the lap belt so that it is on the tops of the thighs. So that's the way you want to put them in a booster seat.