Parents really need to be focused on this issue. In my experience, with students and my own child, kids will fill the backpack to the gills and lug it around all day and then wonder why they hurt. The point is that kids don't have the experience of adults, and it is up to us to help them sort, clean, and pack their backpacks. If it seems heavy to you when you lift it, then it is TOO HEAVY.

...If it seems heavy to you when you lift it, then it is TOO HEAVY.

All true. Timely clip.

My daughter's backpack was too heavy because the books weighed a TON! She had to carry 3-4 of them every day! She was a little girl. Her back and neck were always hurting. We got her a rolling backpack, but the school outlawed them because they made too much noise and damaged the carpets and gym floors. We started homeschooling that year.

A BLONDE AND A BRUNETTE WERE ON A PLANE THAT WAS GOING DOWN. THERE WAS ONLY ONE PARACHUTE, SO THE BRUNETTE GAVE THE BLONDE HER BACKPACK.

I will have to keep that in mind next time I am in a plane;D