Originally Posted by AZ_Sarah_Maxcash

I posted this on another board & got an interesting reaction so I thought I'd bring it over to Gfy...

For me it is the first thing I do when I get in the car. I buckle up! Even if I am driving across a parking lot... force of habbit.

This morning I was driving & looked in my rear view and noticed my son was not wearing his. I could have killed him! He has pulled this crap a couple times lately so finally today I pulled over & really yelled at him about it.

Suddenly now I have to sit and wait and double check on something that he used to do without being told.
So I ask him why this new rebellion against the seat belt & of course the answer is "my Dad doesn't wear one".
He is right too, my ex never wears a seatbelt. Always bothered me.

I call the ex when I get home and ask him if when our child is in the car can he please lead by example & buckle up... he tells me that he always checks to make sure our son is strapped in and I should do the same & I'm not his Mommy so I don't need to worry about what he does, he doesn't want to wear a seat belt & he isn't going to.
I try to explain the "do as I say, not as I do" way of parenting isn't the best way in this situation but he just hangs up.

So what is your opinion on it?
And if you are one who doesn't wear a seatbelt, tell me why...