Modernization

Have you ever noticed how the price of everything goes up, but wages stay the same? Frustrating isn't it?...! I had to purchase a newer car seat for our daughter the other day. I found a very reasonably priced one. Between us my husband and I managed to get it put together and put in the car. However, when children first start in car seats little ones are supposed to be in the middle of the back seat....okay that makes sense, however, the newer car seats require use of the shoulder harness and the only shoulder harnesses in this car are on the seats by the doors. Okay, so that is where we now have to put her. However, the biggest news flash is that if you have one of the older cars that does not have shoulder harnesses in the back seat, you cannot use the car seat and will have to either keep the child in the older car seat (if they are small enough this is fine) or you will not be able to use said car with said car seat which causes more transportation issues not to mention you are now looking at the cost of either installing them into your car, or worse yet, having to purchase a different (more modern, more expensive) vehicle! The more the gas prices go up, the more things like this occur, the more I want to go back to the horse and buggy days!