Back to school backpacks are an essential item on any parent’s shopping list at this time of year. Although there are many, many choices in our local stores, all backpacks are not created equal! If you want to get one that’s safe and healthy, and will last as long as you need it to, then here are a few things you should bear in mind.
Protecting Your Child’s Health
When your child picks out a backpack they like, health is probably the last thing on their mind. They’re usually more worried about what it looks like and what their friends will think about it. But it’s your job to ensure that the backpack looks good and is healthy at the same time.
Your child will be wearing this backpack nearly every day while they’re at school, so it’s important to make sure it won’t harm their back in any way. This means choosing a bag with wide, padded shoulder straps so that they don’t dig into the shoulders.
You should also look for multiple compartments, to help distribute the weight evenly, reflective material if your child will be walking with their backpack at night, and ideally chest and waist straps to further distribute the weight of the pack more evenly across the body.
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