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Councils for the choice of a schoolbag

Kinds of school bags

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Orthopedists sound the alarm concerning mass display of scoliosis at school students. In this regard it is important to parents to make a right choice from the huge mass of the portfolios offered by producers. There are on sale of a bag, satchels and backpacks. Backpacks are made of soft material and will suit teenagers with the strengthened backbone. Satchels are recommended to younger school students, and bags through a shoulder will be harmful to children of any age.

Satchel weight

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Choose the satchel having weight no more than a kilogram, the child will carry it, filled with school supplies, and it is additional load of a backbone. The weight of a satchel of the younger school student should not exceed 10% of the mass of his body (the senior has 15%). So, for example, its portfolio weighing child of 25 kg should not weigh more than 2,5 kg together with all accessories.

Satchel back

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Upon purchase give preference to satchels with a rigid back and a bottom. It will allow also school supplies not to be rumpled, and to a back of the child to be protected from injuries and a curvature. At desire you can get anatomic or orthopedic models. Pay attention to air permeability of a back and straps of a satchel which will allow a back of the child not to sweat.

Width of a satchel and its straps

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Width of a satchel should not be more than width of shoulders of the school student, and straps should not be already four centimeters. With a width of straps less than 4 cm, they will squeeze and rub shoulders. Also it is worth giving preference to those models at which straps are regulated both from above and from below. It will allow to choose the most optimum provision of a portfolio on the child's spin.

Color of a satchel

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Many children on the way to school should cross the carriageway therefore it is good if on their satchels there are light reflectors. It will help drivers to notice the child still from a distance. But also during daylight hours the school student has to remain noticeable therefore choosing him a satchel, place emphasis on bright colors. If the boy, for example, does not like a bright motley satchel, offer it another, having, at least inserts from bright material.

Material

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Fabric of which the satchel is made has to be waterproof, otherwise at a rain or a sleet its contents will suffer. Check also durability of the drawing applied on a portfolio that in the first weeks of operation the satchel did not lose attractive outward. Existence of legs at a satchel will become additional convenience that will allow to put it in any place, having given the chance to have a rest to a back.

Convenience and practicality

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The satchel has to be convenient, and existence at least of two departments and several pockets is for this purpose important. It will allow to place all necessary and to quickly find what is necessary. The side pocket for a small bottle with water and a bag for replaceable footwear is provided in some satchels that raises a practicality of such portfolio. Before purchase check operability of all locks and flypapers afterwards not to be spent for their repair.

Opinion of the child

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Buy a satchel together with the child. Listen to its wishes and there where it pertinently go to it to a meeting. Tell how to use a portfolio that is possible and that cannot be carried in school. Convince him not to carry a portfolio in hands and not to ride it in winter time from a hill, otherwise the satchel will get out of a look and a shape and will become unsuitable for further use.