The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission says an estimated annual average of 7,500 kids under 19 years old were treated in emergency rooms for injuries related to backpacks from 2017 to 2019.

No first-day-of-school ‘fit is complete without a fresh backpack. For many parents and children, selecting the best backpacks for kids, along with new clothes, is an annual ritual.

Did you know the average school bag should weigh between 10% and 15% of a child’s body weight? This means that a child weighing 22 kilograms should not be carrying a bag that weighs more than 3 ...

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A quarter of kids from families earning less than $25,000 a year participate in regular sports, compared with 39 percent of kids in families earning more than $100,000 a year, according to the report.

Most American kids quit playing sports by age 11. That means a lot of kids are missing out on some of the huge benefits of sports, including spacial awareness, physical activity and team skills.