Who buys their child three backpacks?
I got a little bit of helpful advice from my son's middle school principal. I had just shelled out $35 or $40 for a new backpack. And she suggested I buy one or two more. ![]()
Great idea!
The principal advised in a letter to parents that our kids could really have their crap together if they color coordinated their backpacks to the classes of the day. And I quote:
"Parents have found it helpful to have two or even three different colored backpacks to maintain organization at home, especially in th emornings when everyone is in a hurry to get out of the house.''
Hmmm, I thought. Did principal Kris Black read this in a Martha Stewart magazine?
The school, Seminole Middle in Plantation, is on block scheduling, so on Tuesdays and Thursdays they have four 85-minute classes, and on Wednesdays and Fridays they have four different classes, and on Mondays they have a short version of all eight classes.
I asked Creed what he thought of the idea.
"Creed, do you want me to buy you different colored backpacks for your odd and even days?''
"No,'' he said indignantly.
"Why not?' I asked.
"I'm not organized!,'' he said, as if the word "organized'' was a disease.
"Yes," I said, picturing his messy closets, "I know.''





