Abstract: A ventilated child restraint seat (10) for use in, for example, an automobile, includes a molded plastic seat member into which is formed a seat bottom (14), a seat back (16), and left and right side portions (18,20, 22, 24). The molded seat member is also sized and shaped so as to fit in a conformed fashion with conventional automobile bench and bucket seats. Formed through and in the bottom, back, left and right side portions are a plurality of openings (40,42,44) or vents through which fresh air may flow. Disposed behind the bottom and back portions of the seat member, on the side thereof closest to the automobile seat, is an air reservoir (80) or opening into which fresh air slows. Air in the reservoir flows through the vents and into the seat. Air is supplied to the reservoir by the ventilation system (60) of the automobile into which the restraint seat is disposed, and connected thereto by a flexible duct or hose (62).