Mollie Hemingway of The Federalist takes issue with the latest car-seat innovation from Volvo: a swivel chair that puts the child where the adults sit.

Safety may be a primary consideration for Volvo but many Americans say the seat isn’t safe enough.

The only criticism of the car seat thus far has been that a rear-facing car seat in the front seat violates U.S. safety regulations and, further, that a woman driving with her baby in the front seat would be too distracted to operate the car safely.

The Car Seat Lady’s entire review of the proposal is a list of why Volvo’s idea is not safe. Live Science countered that the seat was probably safe.

It is absolutely true that car seats, properly installed, have made travel for children far safer than the days when, for instance, my parents drove cross country with my older sister — still a baby — laid out on pillows across the back seat. It’s also true, as Jonathan Last points out in his excellent book What To Expect When No One’s Expecting, that these same safety rules have pressured parents to have fewer children. You can’t pile a ton of kids into your car when each one requires a large car seat that takes up as much horizontal space as a large man.

Read the article “Buy A Volvo, Ruin Your Marriage?” on thefederalist.com.