Should children be used as human shields?

So while you're fucking around moving the car seat the child is free to do what he wants, any ol' time. Including running into the busy road.

Fine if you have a car seat that uses an ISOFix harness, but when you use a seatbelt to hold the seat down they can be a complete pain in the ass.

But I do understand you point though! Personally if I have to park on a main road with the boy in the back I always park on the side with the car seat. God knows what I'll do if I ever have another kid though, probably use one car for each so neither has to get out on the road side....

I'd have thought you'd always have the child seat on the nearside, no...? Not only does that make sense for when you're parked up, but you can look over your shoulder whilst driving to check on/bollock/slap him/her.

(Hi everyone, by the way. Newly registered, some-time lurker.)