About That Too-Cute Backpack: Update On What My Kid Really Took To School
Drama Mama: I worried for nothing over a silly backpack.
So, all the worry was for naught. I’d stupidly obsessed over my son’s backpack choice for his first day of school this year: Does This Backpack Make My Kid Look Dorky? (Don’t miss the enlightening comments!)
Would other kids make fun of him? What it too immature? Did he think it was adorable just because I thought it was cute? Was he expressing himself or ME?
And so- as we gathered the recommended school supplies and folders and “parent/school planner” for full day kindergarten- the elephant backpack was too small! It wouldn’t even zip up part way. He couldn’t take it after all.
So, with no dramatic fanfare or tears or even a scent of disappointment, he casually went to the closet and grabbed the Star Wars backpack his older brother used in kindergarten, filled it with his school supplies, and set it by the door.
I know I’ve learned my lesson, and today was only the first day of school.
This made me smile. It’s funny how perspective makes all the difference. To a 4 or 5 year old, being told they may NOT have one more (story/glass of water/stuffed animal) before bed is a tragedy worthy of years of future therapy, no? And for moms it’s whether the backpack looks dorky.
In most cases all’s well that ends well, eh? -Jenny
How neat that he would carry what his brother carried. Makes it much more special. Looks like it was made for him.
noel has a star wars back pack too! and for the record, i would have obsessed about the elephant backpack too.
Aw! So glad it turned out okay!
Cute update after an unusually emotional comments thread (moms who felt like crying at the prospect of kids trying to fit in with peers at school?). He looks like a rock star