Don’t Weigh Down Your Students Backpacks

<p>More and more students are feeling the pain of heavy backpacks.</p>

Tuesday, September 27th 2016, 6:37 am

By: News 9


More and more students are feeling the pain of heavy backpacks. 

Experts say bulging bags are a surefire way to spot a bag that is too heavy for your kid. 

A backpack should not weigh more than 10 or 15 percent of a child's body weight. That means a child who weighs 50 pounds should not carry a backpack more than seven and a half pounds. 

Experts say it isn't just the bag's weight but also how your child wears it. The top of the backpack shouldn't be lower than their shoulders and the bottom shouldn't hang lower than two inches below their waist.

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