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How to Lighten a School Backpack

A comfortable school backpack will be your child's companion for the entire school year.

Choosing a school backpack is not an easy task. After all, every child carries not only school supplies and a change of clothes in it. Children manage to fit sandwiches and their favorite toys into their backpacks as well. That is why it is so important to choose a comfortable and compact school backpack for a teenage boy or girl.

With the increasing complexity of school curricula, more and more textbooks, workbooks and other things appear in children's bags and backpacks. But after lessons, you want to go for a walk or just show a new bag to a friend. Some solve this problem simply: they don't take some textbooks with them. But you want the child to get all the knowledge and work fully in class. What to do?

Let's honestly admit to ourselves that almost every student regularly carries a tablet, laptop or something similar. They don't forget to charge their device, put it in a case and actively use it during breaks (if not in class). So allow your child to download all the necessary textbooks onto it! Don't think that the paper version of the book is the most correct and reliable. If you come across overly strict teachers who forbid any electronics – no problem. Suggest the teenager go to the school library. Believe me, there will always be the book needed for the lesson.

Removed all textbooks, but the backpack still noticeably weighs down the shoulders? Pay attention to workbooks. Copy a few pages on the needed topic. Replace 48-page and larger notebooks with thinner ones. Get rid of the pencil case. A pencil, a ruler and a few pens can easily fit in the pocket of a backpack or bag designated for these purposes.

Finally, the most unpedagogical but surefire way. Remove the second pair of shoes; ordinary shoe covers can do the job perfectly. Or leave several pairs at school. Let shoes and sneakers hang in a secluded corner. Then there will be fewer problems with gym clothes.

Good luck with your studies and excellent grades!