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Will my kids get 'bullied' if I make them take their things out with a bum bag?

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coodawoodashooda · 01/03/2024 23:33

I want them to have somewhere to keep their phone, wallet and sweets. A rucksack is no good. Would a bumbag be acceptable?

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negomi90 · 01/03/2024 23:35

No. Clothes with pockets, handbags, shoulder bags. Not a bum bag.

Beezknees · 01/03/2024 23:35

Why is a rucksack no good?

DS had a pouch type thing.

takealettermsjones · 01/03/2024 23:36

What's wrong with pockets?

60PercentClub · 01/03/2024 23:36

Bumbags are really fashionable at the mo but they're worn across the body instead.

2907fe9166a247bb9f7 · 01/03/2024 23:36

Pockets?

Winter2020 · 01/03/2024 23:36

How about something more like this?
I have this one to use running and it's good. My phone is a samsung and fills the big pocket so if they have very large phones they might not fit.

The sweets could go in a general trouser or coat pocket.

2907fe9166a247bb9f7 · 01/03/2024 23:37

60PercentClub · 01/03/2024 23:36

Bumbags are really fashionable at the mo but they're worn across the body instead.

I haven’t seen any kids wearing one and I work in a school….

coodawoodashooda · 01/03/2024 23:37

60PercentClub · 01/03/2024 23:36

Bumbags are really fashionable at the mo but they're worn across the body instead.

I wondered this. Okay, thanks. I'll not give up on this idea.

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Momstermunch · 01/03/2024 23:37

How old are they? Can't they decide this for themselves if they're old enough to be out without you?!

VanCleefArpels · 01/03/2024 23:37

How old are the kids? Where would they be going? Why on Earth would a rucksack not suffice? Why do you think they’d be bullied?

coodawoodashooda · 01/03/2024 23:37

takealettermsjones · 01/03/2024 23:36

What's wrong with pockets?

They aren't big enough.

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coodawoodashooda · 01/03/2024 23:38

Beezknees · 01/03/2024 23:35

Why is a rucksack no good?

DS had a pouch type thing.

They'll put it down.

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PhoenixStarbeamer · 01/03/2024 23:38

Bumbags are cringe unless you're an 18 year old festival loving girl.

Stichintime · 01/03/2024 23:39

Don't your kids know the answer to this?

60PercentClub · 01/03/2024 23:41

2907fe9166a247bb9f7 · 01/03/2024 23:37

I haven’t seen any kids wearing one and I work in a school….

Fair enough, not saying its universal, but just Google 'cross body bags' they seem to be everywhere (essentially a bum bag but not worn around the waste)

2907fe9166a247bb9f7 · 01/03/2024 23:42

coodawoodashooda · 01/03/2024 23:37

They aren't big enough.

Why isn’t a pocket big enough for a wallet, phone and sweets… coats have 2 pockets…

whiteboardking · 01/03/2024 23:42

No

2907fe9166a247bb9f7 · 01/03/2024 23:43

60PercentClub · 01/03/2024 23:41

Fair enough, not saying its universal, but just Google 'cross body bags' they seem to be everywhere (essentially a bum bag but not worn around the waste)

I could Google blue grass and I’d get pictures come up…. Doesn’t mean it’s true or popular 😂

VanCleefArpels · 01/03/2024 23:44

coodawoodashooda · 01/03/2024 23:38

They'll put it down.

You are talking in riddles now OP. You seem to have a very low opinion about your kids’ abilities to keep their belongings safe assuming they are old enough to be out of the house alone without supervision in which case they really are old enough to make their own choices about how they carry their belongings.

WalterFence · 01/03/2024 23:45

Yes, bum bags across the body are very normal here for kids aged about 13-15.

snapple21 · 01/03/2024 23:46

Uniqlo bags are absolutely in at the mo. They're bum bags worn across body.

RantyAnty · 01/03/2024 23:46

What are the other children using to carry their things?

VanCleefArpels · 01/03/2024 23:46

This is how da yoof are wearing bumbags

Will my kids get 'bullied' if I make them take their things out with a bum bag?
Will my kids get 'bullied' if I make them take their things out with a bum bag?
Precipice · 01/03/2024 23:46

Phone and wallet can definitely be carried in a pocket. Especially in this time of year, where they'll have a coat. Most can fit them in trouser pockets all year around.

Do they really need to carry sweets all the time? And a large packet thereof?

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