How to lighten your child's schoolbag? 6 Essential Recommendations + 3 Bonus Tips!

The weight of school supplies is a major concern for many parents. For good reason, a School bag too heavy can lead to back pain, posture problems, even musculoskeletal disorders...

Fortunately, there are Simple solutions to lighten your child's school bag and ensure their well-being. Right Now: 6 Essential Tips and 3 Effective Bonus Tips for Reducing the weight of the academic background !

6 essential recommendations to lighten the schoolbag

1. Limit weight

The health professionals ruled: A child's school bag must not exceed 10% of their weight.

▶️In concrete terms, what does it look like ?

For example, if your child weighs 30 kg, their bag full of school supplies should not exceed 3 kg.

This is equivalent to carrying three one-liter bottles of water every day. For an adult, this may seem ridiculous, but for a child, it is already a lot !

2. Choose an ergonomic school bag

A satchel equipped with wide, padded shoulder straps and a padded back panel is a guarantee of comfort for the child. Indeed, these devices help to better distribute the weight of the luggage on the shoulders of the young student.

Well balanced, the school bag is easier to carry.

➡️ For more information: Discover all the advantages of the ergonomic schoolbag at any age !

3. Opt for a school bag on wheels

For the pupil who travels a long distance on foot (e.g. to school) or for the pupil who has to carry a lot of books, a School Bag on Wheels can be an ideal solution.

With this new generation of baggage, the child does not have to bear the burden of school supplies. It pulls them easily !

Getting around with a schoolbag on wheels, it's like pulling a small suitcase at the airport.

4. Organize school supplies

Organizing school supplies inside the school bag is beneficial. Only one tip to remember: the big heavyweights behind the small ones in front...

▶️Concretely...

Bulky and heavy books, notebooks, and binders are placed near the back panel. Smaller, lighter supplies sit in the front of the bag.

Don't forget to use the organizer pockets that some offer School luggage models ! But beware of the balance !

➡️Discover more tips for a school bag organised all year round ! 

5. Use the lockers at school

More and more schools are offering lockers to fight against heavy school bags. If this is the case for your child's school, take advantage of it !

▶️To do this, encourage your student to leave books and materials that they don't need at home. For example, Kits often heavy and bulky or the pair of sneakers for sports don't need to go home every night...

6. Think about Digital Textbooks

This is a trend that is becoming more widespread: the adoption of digital textbooks. A real revolution in the school world, the use of digital media allows the decluttering of school bags.

If available, use digital versions of textbooks.

A tablet replaces several heavy books, like a Kindle replaces an entire library.

✅Discover in pictures the 6 tips that help fight against heavy school bags!

3 Bonus Tips to Reduce School Bag Weight

1. Adopt light supplies

Parents don't think about it enough. However, it is an infallible tip: Adoption of lightweight school supplies ! There is no better way to reduce the weight of school bags...

▶️How to do it ?

• Buy a school bag or a Lightweight backpack empty.
• Replace the large format cardboard binder with a Flexible filing cabinet.
• Avoid large notebooks, prefer notebooks with few pages.
• Use a Pencil case with several compartments instead of 2 or three kits.

It may seem ridiculous, but the accumulation of these cases can save a few unsuspected kilos !

2. Declutter regularly

Regular decluttering remains a major key to relieving school baggage. This action takes a total of 30 seconds.

▶️How to do it ?

Every weekend or evening, check and remove non-essential items from your child's schoolbag: a toy, a broken pen, a book or binder, a bag of markers, etc.

Emptying the schoolbag regularly is like emptying your handbag to keep only the essentials.

3. Adopt a good posture

Often neglected, a good posture is nevertheless essential. Just as the child learns the right gestures to swim the breaststroke, he must Learn how to carry your school bag correctly.

▶️3 unstoppable techniques:

• Adjust the straps of the school bag properly, making sure that it is very close to the child's back ;
• Adjust the height of the bag (the bottom reaches the bottom of the back) ;
• carry the luggage on both shoulders.

Adopting a good posture is a matter of habit. The beginnings were difficult, but in the end the result was clear.

➡️To go further, Discover the best way to carry your schoolbag ! 

Putting an end to overly heavy school bags !

Say no to the overly heavy schoolbag ! By following these simple and practical tips, you can help preserve your child's health and well-being in the long term.

It would be a shame to deprive ourselves of it...

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