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Ewwww. Your Kids’ Backpacks are Grosser than Gross

Hi parents! Ready for the kids to go back to school? Anticipating the moment they don those new backpacks and head out the door? And seeing them run back in…

Dirty Backpacks

Backpacks have more germs than you know!

Hi parents!

Ready for the kids to go back to school? Anticipating the moment they don those new backpacks and head out the door? And seeing them run back in at the end of the and plop those same backpacks on the kitchen table?

Well, stop right there.

Because kids' backpacks are nasty and we have the science to prove it.

EWWWWW.

According to Clorox -  and they KNOW GERMS, people - kids' backpacks are 31 times germier than the average cell phone. And the average cell phone is an ecological nightmare of the nastiest things on earth. Trust us.

That's not even the WORST NEWS.

The clothes kids wore to school were 28 times germier than the average toilet seat!

Everything needs a Silkwood Shower, STAT.

Anyway, have an excellent year kids!

And we leave you now with the 80s solution to germy backpacks. Who needs a backpack when you have a TRAPPER KEEPER?

(Also, it's that Lori Loughlin - Before Jail?)

Meanwhile, check out my gallery of back to school photos. I think I have my own Trapper Keeper in one!

Back to School – A Cautionary Fashion Tale – LBF

Man, DID I ROCK BACK TO SCHOOL OR WHAT? And on what planet did I think it was acceptable to have a Garfield Trapper Keeper?

#backtoschool

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First Grade! Clearly, I loved Holly Hobbie and fashioned most of my "look" after hers.


Second Grade!

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Still rocking the peasant-meets-Laura-Ingalls look, complete with a cutting-edge Tupperware lunchbox.


Third Grade!

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That was possibly the itchiest back-to-school ensemble ever, but I nailed the Mrs. Doubtfire look WAY before she did!


Seventh Grade!

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7th grade, 7 deadly sins of fashion. Hair, shirt, skirt, socks, awkward face, hair again and GARFIELD.

LBF loves the smell of new erasers and magic markers in the morning.

Lauren Beckham Falcone is the co-host of Bob & LBF in the Morning. Formerly an award-winning reporter and columnist for the Boston Herald, she credits her current success as a pop culture commentator to watching too much TV as a kid and scouring the internet too much as an adult. LBF is a regular contributor to NECN and is an honorary board member at the Massachusetts Down Syndrome Congress. Lauren lives in Canton with her husband Dave and her daughter Lucy. Lauren writes about trending topics, New England destinations, and seasonal DIY.