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I am also researching this question. So far, I can only find information that says there is "no law" mandating this, but "children are always safer in the the back seat," and it is "recommended" that children ride in the back through age 12. If you have a truck, I do think you have to disable the passenger side airbag if transporting a child in a rear-facing safety seat. If using the airbag with older children, they should sit with the seat as far back as possible b/c a deployed airbag can do serious damage when it hits the face or neck of a shorter passenger.

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