Kids Rolling Backpacks

In earlier time, children would go to schools with one or two of their notebooks in hand and a pencil peeping out of their pockets. But in this new and developed technology time, even elementary-age children are laden with books, pencil cases, calculators, satellite communication tools i.e. mobiles, a PDA for scheduling and most probably even a laptop computer. Most of kids horridly push these items into a backpack, lift it over a shoulder and rush to school, which has prompted backpack manufacturers to craft Kids Rolling Backpacks.

Although children health specialists recommend that a kids backpack should weigh less than 20 percent their own weight, many kids routinely carry much more than that limit. Gradually, and furtively, this load starts creating health issues such as imbalanced posture, severe and recurring muscles pain, stiffed necks and overall weakness.

One of the directors of Rehabilitation Services at Pennsylvania Hospital, Lisa A. Haney, suggests that “Above 40 million U.S. school students carry backpacks carelessly, unaware about the possible health hazards it can create. This overloading can even pose a lifetime of problems if not controlled in time.” Ms. Haney recommends that, “parents, teachers and schools should be strict about backpack safety and help our kids lighten their loads.” A Kid’s rolling backpack might help avoid all these problems.

Here are some tips to minimize harmful effects of carrying a backpack:

1. Do not allow your child to carry more weight than the recommended ratio i.e. below 20% of his / her own weight. Talk to school administration, teachers and other parents, too, if required.

2. Teach your child to adjust the backpack to rest exactly on the curve of the lower back. It should not be hanging more than four inches down your child’s waistline.

3. The shoulder straps should be sufficiently-padded and wide enough to distribute the load of the backpack evenly on shoulders.

4. Children, by nature, are fond of show offs and often carries extra curricular items from home to their school for the purpose. You should check your child’s backpack on regular basis and make sure that it carries required things only.

5. All the items in the backpack should be arranged in order that heaviest items are placed first. Also items should not be able to wobble or shift with the walking movements of the kid. If there are too much load to be carried on the back, you may ask your kid to carry some of the items in hand, in stead of backpack.

6. Teach your child how to and strictly instruct him / her to wear this kids rolling backpacks properly on both shoulder straps. Children often indulge in deliberate slinging of the pack from one shoulder which may cause a great deal of muscle strain and pain after some time. It also disturbs the body posture, curving the spine and causing deformation throughout the back, neck and shoulders.