Heavy School Bags Of Kids
"We LOVE to go to school. It is fun and we LOVE to play and meet friends. But One thing that we don't like is when we have to carry Heavy Bags to school"
This was the comments by our Year 1 schoolmate Mohamad Amin of 1 Neptune from Sekolah Seri Bintang Selatan, Kuala Lumpur.
Every year when school starts, children all over the world are all ready to go to school. But they are burdened with heavy bags. They pack various books, heavy stationery box, filled water bottle and meals to take during break. They even pack what may not be important for that day. Some who are scared to be scolded, takes all books to school.Some even pack their own bags without any help from parents while some repacks after their parents had packed for them as they are too afraid to miss packing any books.
Many children don't know the impact of heavy bags on their backs in the long run. Based on our research, carrying heavy bags can affect a child physically and mentally. Heavy bags can cause back pains, slouching back, head, neck and shoulder pain. Worst still, in the long run, poor posture will lead to scoliosis (abnormal curving of spine) if this habit is not stopped.
We found that many young students had to carry heavy bags for very long periods. This will cause :
- them to move around inconveniently.
- lose interest in going to school.
- accidents especially when going up or down the stairs
- serious impact on children health
Introduction video
We took this video before our PTA meeting on 23 February 2013. This was to show the parents that our bags will get heavy if they don't guide us to pack it properly. We need their help. We don't want to have hunched backs!
We noted that in our school, kids from the age of 7 to 12 years old carry extremely heavy bags to school daily.
The purpose of a school bag is to make it easy for one to carry all their items. It should not be a burden.
The KidsHealth.org had mentioned this very interestingly about School Bag or Backpack as they call it :
BACKPACK
B — Bring it to school
A — Assists you
C — Convenient
K — Keeps your stuff organized
P — Plain or fancy
A — Adjustable
C — Can hold lots of books
K — Know how to use one?
We noted that in our school, kids from the age of 7 to 12 years old carry extremely heavy bags to school daily.
The purpose of a school bag is to make it easy for one to carry all their items. It should not be a burden.
The KidsHealth.org had mentioned this very interestingly about School Bag or Backpack as they call it :
BACKPACK
B — Bring it to school
A — Assists you
C — Convenient
K — Keeps your stuff organized
P — Plain or fancy
A — Adjustable
C — Can hold lots of books
K — Know how to use one?