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[quote=Anonymous]Early on in Kindergarten, we saw my daughter’s teacher when walking to school (less than two blocks) when I was carrying her mostly-empty backpack and lunchbox. He very nicely called her out on it - said that Kindergarteners carried their own bags. This was pre-COVID, so no laptop - but she insisted on carrying her bag after that. When she had a laptop in 2nd grade, a parent might have carried it for part of the time if it was longer than a block. She has also pulled her suitcase for part of the at least part of the time when traveling since she was 4/5. I don’t see it as making her ‘tough’ - but to give her self-confidence for being able to handle things on her own. [/quote]
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