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

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

Are you a bloke?

If not, where are you shopping that women's pockets can fit a phone AND a wallet?

Most can fit neither securely IME. (A bugbear of mine!)

My 21-year old son and his friends (girls and boys) have had them for years. Your dd mustn’t have many male friends.

Is this multiple kids or are you trying to hide their sex?

If you have a DD I’m not surprised she can’t fit stuff in her pockets.

Why are they taking sweets around. That's weird
My DD puts her card in her phone case she'd laugh in my face if I suggested a bum bag

I'm going to kindly try and suggest, that if your kids are old enough to go out unaccompanied and carrying their own belongings, they can choose their own carrying receptacle.

Also unsure why a backpack has been so utterly vetoed. I see plenty of teens out and about at the weekends, on bikes and walking with friends, wearing backpacks.

Last time I was visiting my mum in Lincolnshire I saw a teenage boy of around 14/15 wearing a Barbour, cords and flat cap just like his ( presumably) dad. That really gave me pause for thought…. No way would that kid be able to carry off a cross body bag but also no way would he survive for long in that get-up outside his rural confines.

Weird assumption about not using wallets/purses too... Loungefly are massive now in part because a certain demographic of a younger age love their designs (they are NOT all Disney!)

Ye a lot do the "stick card and money in phone case" (which I've tried and find very annoying XD)

Hoodie pockets are fine for phone, key (which strangely hasn't been mentioned?) and purse though too

I wouldn't make my kid go out with a bum bag no, if that wanted to then fine

Although nower days some kids wear bum bag type bags like over the shoulder so it goes over the chest diagonally but it looks ridiculous

Boys around here use those small crossbody bags you find in places like sports direct or footlocker. You know the ones, only as big as the logo. Goes well with the grey trackies and meet me at McDonald’s haircut. Seems to be a bit of a uniform.

Most of the girls seem to have everything perma-glued to their hands. No pockets or bags to be seen, unless it’s for school, then an open-topped river island tote bag is usually the receptacle of choice.

I live in a very deprived area, on the edge of a huge council estate, the above are the biggest trends for the children I see.

My younger two have backpacks and pockets. The eldest uses a cloth tote bag for stuff she acquires throughout the day, but tends to just have her phone on her stuffed into one or other of the many pockets her jacket seems to have.

Wag-wan. Still is roadman ting in de ends. It depend on de yoot. Ya feelin me?

Just think of all the pockets he had though. He could’ve carried everything in his coat.

Barbours (and imitations sold by eg M&S) were incredibly popular for students in the mid 1980s, and not only among Sloaney types. Space for keys and purse etc, saving your bag just for books and files, bloody brilliant for girls to have pocket capacity just like boys.

And space for a pheasant!

I'd love to know where you're buying your jeans that a phone fits in the pocket. Or maybe you have a really small phone. My phone isn't huge and doesn't fit in either the front or back pockets of any of the women's jeans I own. Well I can put it in the back pocket but a lot of it sticks out which seems not very secure (from being stolen and from falling out of the pocket) and I obviously can't sit down anywhere with it in my back pocket.

In London the cross body ones are definitely a thing

I got one of these a while back - love it! Not too big, not too small. There are belt loops on the back if you prefer to the strap.
https://www.mobilefun.co.uk/olixar-tactical-edc-multipurpose-universal-travel-bag-with-phone-pouch-shoulder-strap-belt-clip-85497

I thought bum bags were back in fashion?

Yes. I see the school pupils and youngsters like this

They don’t need to be carrying sweets, so that is a third of the items removed from the conundrum.

hth

Yeah they are in fashion at the moment

Everyone is wearing bumbags. I have the middle aged mum standard uniqlo ones but the sport shops have Nike, Adidas etc in the window.

Look for cross body bags. And look for celebrity / sport people they like wearing them

The OP is talking absolute sense. I wouldn't put my valuables in a rucksack for that very reason.

My 9 yo has a bumbag. There is a snack thief in their class/ someone from another class who helps themselves from the bags in the corridors

Bum bags are massively back in fashion. My teenage son & his friends wear them across their dress over a shoulder rather than round their waist.