good idea about the luggage bag but ya know, it is probably not cool at school. She will have to try to organise. Only take what she will need for the day and specific classes. If possible, get a binder with loose leaf and use that for writing school work in vs carting seperate books. My friend has done this with her child as her kids school didn’t mind and her classes were mainly computer, it classes

I have seen kids with those luggage type bags, so they pull it rather than carrying it.

great story to read

I have arthritis in my shoulder caused by an injury from carrying a heavy school bag. There are a few local kids at our school who use small business cases on wheels, similar to mini suitcases. You can also now buy bags which have extra support built in to ease the stress on your neck, they aren’t cheap though.

I am with you on this one. My 13yr has the same problem and I find it not good enough. I do think in this day and age of technology kids should have text books. they should all be loaded online. this way they can access at anytime. Or maybe an option to rent text book if for some reason you don’t have internet access at home. But seriously its time to upgrade the options and not put so much stress on our children’s growing bodies.

I totally understand where you are coming from. The schools wipe their hands off this problem yet like you said they are expected to carry all these things to and from school every day.

Somehow this story has appeared twice. Not sure why. But for what it’s worth, I’d try a roller bag/case for your child.

I can remember trying to carry mine it it was always over one shoulder not over the 2 like it should have been. All I can suggest and is look for a bag with straps that has go width and padding may be check out a camping store for some advice

how bout one of those bags with wheels, like a little luggage bag, I would make sure that the laptop fitted inside, but I do think it would help being able to pull the bag along rather than carry it