The Sprayground Backpack Craze Has Gone Too Far!

[@Ayami861]

$60, $200 etc and up for a bookbag?? Wait, weren't these the same parents whining about school supplies?? Mtcheww.

[@alyssiataylor546]

I've never seen someone spell out kissing their teeth before hahaaa

[@Ayami861]

@alyssiataylor546 I asked my Ghanian friend back when we were in high school, how I'd spell that and I've been using it every chance I get🤣😂

[@ladyzeta6]

Yep people pay for what they want and beg for what they need. Insanity.

[@lucyl4603]

I mean, there are orthopedic ones that cost that much…

[@coff1184]

@@alyssiataylor546I never seen someone calling it that either, I always heard it called smacking their lips 😭 lol

[@chickpea]

Is the US okay? I feel like the country's main culture has become consumerism.

[@seleciaa]

It is absolutely a consumerist culture here, and it's very sad.

[@wheelofcheese100]

It just keeps getting worse and worse here every year.

[@Noddysims]

No, the US is not okay. SMH. 🤦🏾‍♀️ it’s sad. Pray for us 😂

[@tessahiggins8142]

And you are correct

[@BuyLessJess]

Is is, our GDP is dependent on consumption.

[@JESUS.saves.Repent.]

0:25 The real problem is the parenting. Listen to the way he is cussing at that child and promoting prideful money bragging. If that's what she is learning at home, how do you think that child is going to act when she goes to school? How will she behave for the teacher if that's how her dad acts at home??? The parents need to do better.

[@newbeginnings3603]

These are the same parents that spend money on rims, name brand purses, etc and live in a shack & don't have any burial/insurance plans.

[@Lettiiixo]

Anyone remember when Jansport was a money symbol and Everest was not.

[@amandalinthicum1220]

I do! I begged my mom to get me the Jansport with the leather bottom in middle school. I have no idea how much it cost but that bag lasted me through high school

[@heyyourebeautiful3867]

Yes. I got my first Jansport in highschool after years of begging for one.

[@Enriquez2222]

I still have my Jansport bag that I started high school with, I’m 24 now

[@tippytoe1250]

Jansport range from $40-80 now. But I don’t buy my kids one every year. Especially in MS and HS. They get the basic color and it lasts for years.

[@leauxdaniels8155]

Yes!!!!…I remember I went to Oklahoma to visit family and they liked to go to garage sells. I found a brand new jansport backpack with the tags on it and the guy sold it to me for $3.

[@carleeblake381]

My aunt and uncle are very well off, they have four kids. They work really hard on making sure their kids stay humble. They send them to a school with uniforms. One of the big reason’s was because her son was obsessed with comparing prices/brands with other kids at school. She bought him a pair of knock off shoes that he threw in the trash. After that she stopped letting them take/wear anything branded to school, which I really respected. It’s impossible to ignore their privilege, but I’m really glad that they teach the kids other values.

[@ImChiLynn]

I won't be surprised if some of these parents buying sprayground backpacks are the same parents complaining about buying school supplies 😏

[@marisolcalixte2264]

THIS!

[@silhouettpolefitness]

It’s also the parents that want to argue and fight the teacher because their child does absolutely nothing and is failing.

[@theresakern1687]

You already know. I have never heard of these. But my son is grown.

[@zg3342]

Well of course they are. Lots of people and families that chase these expensive trends and luxury items don’t actually have the money too. Same thing as adults with the newest pro max iPhone, expensive clothes/bag, dumb expensive car payment but they don’t have the next even 2 months rent/mortgage payment in their accounts and live paycheck to paycheck.

[@zg3342]

@@MitchMitch77-77 paying rent in the current rent market is something everyone should be complaining about since what landlords are asking pretty much everywhere is absurd. 4 to 6 x what the landlords mortgage shouldn’t be allowed, how much you can charge over their actual costs should be hard capped. Landlords, especially those of single family homes, are scum who participate in price fixing.

[@cheryltamelcoff2557]

When I grew up in the 80’s if my parents couldn’t afford something they just said no. No Jordache jeans, no Gloria Vanderbilt jeans. If I did get something like that I would have to wait until Christmas or my birthday. Guess what… I survived!

[@lashunburton657]

A backpack. I've never heard of this mess until today.

[@tessahiggins8142]

The same people complaining about teachers needing school supplies. Lost individuals ...

[@SocialSymone]

Yep, Very Very Popular in the Caribbean and Florida too!

[@lashunburton657]

Wow. That's pathetic. Hopefully they are carrying learning materials in these bags. ​@@SocialSymone

[@jazminhernandez6864]

I'm glad to know that I'm not the only one just hearing about these bookbags for the first time.

[@LoveAndSnapple]

I saw kids with these bags, but they were rare and few. Seems like the trend has caught on and now every kid has to have one.

[@stephanienelly90]

The parents splurging on these bags are rarely stable financially to begin with.

[@eachandeverything983]

Reminds me of Chris Rock's routine about black people spending their money on rims..

[@godivabaker6622]

Smh. The parents are just as childish as the children. Theyre trying to live vicariously through their children.

[@UnbiasedStrays]

All the time.

[@NaomyP]

Bingo

[@ladyd6375]

See them at the little league games a hot mess

[@lovejones4024]

Indeed, it's sad..

[@otisjenkinsjr.3556]

Saw a father get TIGHTENED UP by a REF in a parking lot at a baseball tournament in Vegas a couple years ago . Wife, kids, everybody was embarrassed for buddy. Ref gave his his issue for real ​@@ladyd6375

[@gmy_2006]

"You spend the first 2/3 of you're life buying crap just to throw it all out in the last third". My grandmother told me this in my early teen years, and it has really stuck with me since, especially as I am preparing to move out of home for the first time soonish. When I start to feel pressure from our consumerist society, this statement helps me to remember my reasons behind choosing a minimalist lifestyle, focusing on developing intentional shopping habits.

[@patcyconnolly]

Your grandma is wise.

[@catherinet4002]

And they won’t have a single pencil in them.

[@SocialSymone]

😂 😂 😂 That "pull out your pencils" gon get em, EVERYTIME!

[@fashionrevolution5810]

😂😂😂

[@CalebTheOwlBoy]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@Jordan.elaine]

One thing I’ve noticed (more online than previously) about this school shopping season is how many parents obviously are not teaching their kids to take care of their belongings so they don’t need constant replacements. If you get a good quality bag you should be able to use it for 3 - 4 years, mechanical pencils and most pens are refillable, and so on. Where did all the supplies from last year go?

[@ClassyGyal]

If you get a really quality bags and take care of them they can last forever. I got a bag that 10+ years old.

[@marynorton6068]

I live in Ireland. My kids’ school forbids branded backpacks and stationery. No cartoon characters for the younger kids or brands for the older kids. I’m glad the teachers have the foresight to cut this rubbish off.

[@tippytoe1250]

I’m in Southern CA and most kids just carry the regular Jansport ones. I never even heard of this until this video. I’ve seen very few kids carry one of these. I have kids in Middle School and High school this year. My kids have never even brought it up.

[@jdeux3677]

Good

[@vvitch-mist20]

I hope that comes here because too many American kids are getting FOMO for no reason.

[@ZedralZ]

We were only allowed to carry mesh or clear vinyl backpacks in high school, so I didn't even bother.

[@Insitika]

If being bitter and unfun became a school rule

[@CrepuscularQueen]

I remember begging to get this cheaper backpack because the design on it was so so cute to younger me! I was told I was getting a jansport backpack and had to choose from their designs because it's heavy duty, somewhat timeless, and will last for years to come. My grandparents wanted to buy me quality, and in doing so, they have set me up with a backpack I am still using in college. I take care to wash it, but other than that, it has lasted years, and I still love the design. Looking back, the cheaper backpack was a design that would not have matured with me or the amount of stuff I carry. I think these spray backpacks are eye-catching to kids, but unless they're going to have the same quality to last for years and be a timeless design, it's just not a good investment.

[@prwashin1]

These were the flea market backpacks, they added a label and overpriced them for dummies.

[@LaCrownedGamer]

That's what I was thinking! Like the style is the same from like 20 years ago, but since if was from the swap meet or flea market they were considered tacky

[@sabrinastars1284]

That’s what I was thinking. If kids wore these when i was in middle and high school, they would have been clowned. And I’m only 22 💀💀

[@summer5586]

That’s like when Champion clothing was hot for a minute! I was “wait…wasn’t that the “poor Walmart shopper” clothing brand back then?? Just goes to show none of it matters and it’s just about having what everyone else has no matter what it is and that individual style and taste doesn’t matter anymore

[@itsmelissa__]

@@summer5586 I thought I was the only one that that remembered Champion being sold at Walmart and Payless at first!! Then celebrities and everyone started wearing it and it became so expensive! 😂

[@letrice2892]

I remember a few yrs back I bought my son one of those bookbags but his was a Steph curry one I paid $78 for that bag and that bag didn't make it through the entire school year 😂😂 My son is 19 in college and still has an Adidas bag that I bought him when he was 13 yrs old that bag cost less and is still in good condition no tears nothing and he really doesn't care about bookbags now any way .

[@reformingbeauty]

I remember I was so poor growing up in the early 90s that Jansport backpacks were too expensive for my parents. $15 was top dollar for a backpack for me.

[@kingti85]

Same. I didn't get a Jansport until I was 17 with a job to pay for it myself 😭

[@amberjasmine2347]

And next month the bags will be “cringe” and no one will be carrying them.

[@RedPandaNinja6886]

Seriously! They’ll be outdated within a month and it’ll be embarrassing to be seen with one.

[@two_another]

Yes and no, I went to an inner city middle school in 2013-16 and people still wore them. High school too but mostly middle school though. They are cringe though but also I’m 22 saying this

[@mothra__13]

Even buying a brand new backpack every single year is wild to me.

[@AnimeProduction101]

I got a Scooby-Doo backpack that had wheels in elementary school. Because of how heavy the textbooks were, I just dragged it down the stairs. My mom told me not to do that because the wheels would break off. I didn’t listen and near the end of the school year one of the wheels finally broke off. The following year I still had to use it. I was still a big Scooby Doo fan. Just hated that the wheel was broken.

[@DarknessDust]

right? I remember getting my 'big girl backpack' when going to Middleschool... my mom made sure I knew that this was a rather expensive bag and that I wouldn't get a new one every other year...that shit lasted until I graduated high school I still have that thing and it's actually still in good condition (anyone remember Kipling bags? xD)

[@hatetheusername]

i would only get a new bag if the current one was falling apart or if i payed for a new one myself. i

[@sabrinastars1284]

Honestly. I only got a backpack when mine was damaged. My brother and I actually got backpacks for free because we were poor lollll. 💀

[@ItsVictoriaG]

I used the same Paul Frank backpack for all 4 years of high school. It barely made it through, but it made it! At the end of senior year, I remember a friend telling me to treat it to a nice retirement because that bag served me well and handled WAY too heavy a load for 4 straight years. 😂

[@TheEagleEnigma]

in fairness, i remember plenty of expensive trends from my childhood in the early 2000s - american girl dolls, webkinz, livestrong bracelets, uggs etc. we didn’t have much money so i wasn’t able to take part in almost any of them and it HURT. kids inherently want to i fit in. i wish there were better ways to make them less materialistic, honestly it’s the parents who spoil their kids with expensive backpacks and lunchboxes etc who ruin it for the rest of everyone. those kids often know what they have puts them above the rest.

[@Nigerianhero97]

Most of these parents cant even afford to take their children to a four year college, so why pay 4 figures for a stupid backpack.....

[@Loveyevee]

Damn… speaking the truth like a slap in the face!

[@lol.3460]

That part! I didn’t get new clothes and items every school year but my first 2 yrs of college were taken care of ❤

[@cczsus6513]

@@lol.3460 Just say you were rich to start off ... poor kids like me in the US go to normal Colleges for free. It's funny when I see comments like yours because you don't even recognize why you didn't get free College like poor kids.

[@Nigerianhero97]

@@cczsus6513 you can't be mad at people who come from rich families. I know this is a debatable topic but there are people who come from rich families but still, independently support themselves without their parents help, even if they did get help we need to stop having this negative/hostile attitude towards those who may be more fortunate than us, it does no good in the long end

[@cczsus6513]

@@Nigerianhero97 I have nothing against rich people I’m just upset people lie about coming from struggle. There’s nothing wrong with people being more fortunate than me but to pretend they were in the struggle rubs me the wrong way. If you pay for College your family is well off. In the state of NY your family makes over 125k for example. That’s not a struggle you got full meals everyday and a nice family car. Anyone under 125k gets free College in NY. I’m just salty too because I come from the struggles my family is food stamps poor and to see people pretend like they weren’t well off upsets me.

[@CliqueOverAnything]

The kids who succeed in life are focused on their academic excellence while either being social or keeping to themselves. Backpacks are wild. I'm glad I didn't grow up during this era because this can't be easy.

[@Cupcakee0330]

A backpack that will sit on the floor 90% of the time... $60-200+!?!?!?! Hell no!

[@v.l.7656]

Ohhh no! There’s not a damn thing in the bag but they refuse to take it off their desk or their back so it’s not sitting on the ground.

[@PinkAgaricus]

I remember putting the bag on the back of the chair back in the day, and I still do it if the chair back can hold the arm loops or if it doesn't it goes on the seat. I put it on the floor from time to time, but in most restrooms (if the door has a hook), absolutely not on the floor. The bag I'm currently using is a $140 photographer backpack that I'm using outside of the intended purpose, it's also flood proof because it's coated. (Flood as in when it rains torrentially and a canvas bag would eventually fail and the interior would be "flooded" causing all the paper stuff in your bag to be mushy gobbeldygoop.

[@Lady_Tee15]

Ridiculous 😮😮😮

[@kaaystackzz]

The last mom is definitely apart of the problem, but I agree with you!

[@lovingtiffani]

And these are the same parents saying that tutoring lessons are too expensive, the PSAT and the SAT are too expensive. That a teacher's school supply list is taking too much of their money. But they can go around and spend hundreds of dollars on book bags. And on another note. Back in my day we decorated our own book bags. No originality left in our world

[@PupCake1025]

You can buy metal water bottles with fake “stickers” printed on them. Self expression is dead.

[@Pulapaws]

One thing I like a Asian culture is they spent a lot of money for a backpack a lot. However the school pack can last for years due to the high quality of it. If like a huge tradition like getting a wedding dress. As it wears you take it to the shop to get it fix etc. the backpack is with you till your out of school.

[@art4soul]

Look poor and be rich. Stop giving your money to them folks.

[@AnimeProduction101]

Imagine spending $100+ on a backpack just for your kid to come home and not like it anymore because it got a low score.

[@RayneBow8]

Exactly, these trends change so quickly and kids change their minds every five minutes 😂😂😂

[@Lovingmylife24]

My daughter asked for this bookbag. It is too expensive. We don’t have nothing to prove. I gave her half for one last year. She better wear that one again.

[@simonemorgan5139]

Dear young people, take it from your 35 year old auntie. These things will not matter in a couple years.

[@BigFatSeal10]

They still do matter, just because you decide to be on the edge of society doesn’t mean everyone else does.

[@ShinmegamiPersona]

Gets worse. Replaced with other material things

[@kamwilliams5541]

The young people don’t care so they won’t listen.

[@Jaiden_Anime_Shuns]

Unless you get a good canvas bag. Thatll last until adulthood is halfway through. But kids don't like the look of effective gear

[@daedae1522]

Then why yall still wear designer clothes fake hair etc ?

[@dorkieteacherfriend]

I work at a middle school and my VP had to put in our student handbook, the repercussions of stealing the like “authenticity” tags off them. Parents were complaining about it. So we had a whole crack down on it. It’s RIDICULOUS!! Those be the same kid that never come with a pencil and don’t have a binder! SMDH!!!!

[@Jewlietoo]

I DO NOT UNDERSTAND THIS. As a kid and teenager, I went out of my way to find things no one else had. I was unique, an individual and always had my own sense of self. Thank you Dad and Mom for teaching me how to be an individual 😊

[@JF-cd5hc]

Yes, same.

[@lilbabygirl2021]

Yes but if everyone find the same idea how can you stand out then

[@splashpit]

My boys go to a school with a uniform and school insignia backpack , every kid boy and girl are equal in looks only look in at kids family wealth is in the pick up and drop off point

[@kingworm7168]

Having a unique sense of style and really leaning into that and finding eclectic or unique pieces of clothing or accessories is way more valuable than constantly following trends

[@roxannewilliams4762]

People have lost their minds to this consumerism thing!

[@Lynndra80]

Parents use to tell their kids no. They seemed very concerned with their kids fitting in. They were ranking kids by their Stanley cups. It’s always something.

[@hypefine]

I’ve had an Eddie Bauer backpack that my mom paid 92 dollars for in 1996. And I still have it today. It has not frayed. The leather on the trim and supports has soften and yet never weakened. This backpack has been on 3 continents and countless islands. I throw it in the laundry and keep it moving. I’ve had people ask me about it as it’s now a “vintage” piece. Spray ground is made out of plastic that will go to 💩 in less than a week. The company will blow up and then go bankrupt.

[@Loveyevee]

They won’t go bankrupt it looks like a collab with BAPE , they were selling stuff to kids while I was in highschool a decade ago. It’s called streetwear and hypebeast attire it’s a new trend. It won’t go anywhere but they definitely won’t remember what bags they had in highschool. I don’t even remember names from highschool no more.

[@hypefine]

@@Loveyevee oh they will. The faster the rise the harder they fall. Seen it time and time again. All good things come to a crash and burn end.

[@Krueger444]

Buy once, cry once.

[@MiaBostic]

I do question the quality for the cost.

[@hypefine]

@@Loveyevee look at Micheal Kors. Once a major player worth billions…going bankrupt. When the hype hits the fan…the profits evaporate.

[@JF-cd5hc]

Last year it was Stanley cups. 😂

[@meagon1020]

I just asked my son if he knew what a sprayground backpack is and the look of confusion! lol I told him how much they are and his eyes damn near popped out of his head 😆 Love my little man is budget friendly like his mom.

[@SocialSymone]

I LOVE IT!! ❤️

[@ojil9195]

This is so good to hear! Do you intentionally do something so that your son is not easily lured by meaningless trends? I am a new mom and I really wanna raise my son well. ❤

[@hou989]

My son did the same thing. He just laughed and said why when I showed him how much they are.

[@ruthiemill]

This comment prompted me to ask my middle school daughter. She’s like ‘what?!’. I was like ‘good!’ She has no idea 😂. And I wouldn’t buy it anyway even if she knew and asked. I hate trends 😩

[@meagon1020]

​@@ojil9195 Children tend to pay more attention to their parent's actions than what they say. I do not fall into the trap of fad fashion so my son has followed suit (so far). Since he's older we do have conversations around money which is great! I hope you and your son will do the same as he grows and congratulations on becoming a mom ❤ 🫂

[@GoddessDestinova]

My baby is 13 and this is the first I’m hearing about these bags. I’m so glad my child doesn’t care.

[@GeorgeGlass298]

I don't understand why parents raise their kids to value expensive trends. I taught my kids that it is stupid to buy expensive trend stuff. My middle schooler couldn't careless about trends. He does and wears whatever he wants. Teach your kids how to thrift and teach them how stupid these trends are. None of my five kids ever asked me for a stupid Stanley cup or any other trend. They laugh about it. Raise your kids better!!. Those backpacks are ugly and cheap plastic that's going to break before the end of the year.

[@Gnosis314]

$65-$500 for a future GED is crazy

[@ewidontlikeyou]

Those are so hideous. You'd be made fun of in 2008-2010 LOL. Like the equivalent of carrying around a HSM backpack even though we enjoyed the movies... 🤣🤣

[@JasColeWood]

I thought it was just me 😭 sitting here like “theyre not even cute…”

[@bluevillsplash]

They actually have some cute stuff on their website.

[@Ms.MD7]

Right 😂😂😂😂

[@kerri6011]

do they even have the license to use all these popular copyrighted characters from giant companies on their backpacks? looks like it took the Bape motif too with the mouth with enough adjustments to avoid legal trouble 😊

[@uchihaitachi6094]

@@kerri6011I was gonna say they look like knockoff luxury/ knockoff character merch you’d find on wish or a similar website. I think they’re so ugly.

[@T33R02]

My son asked for this bag for years. I didn’t get him one until this year he is in high school and the message that’s written on his bag is an affirmation 😊

[@joannasliwa8147]

Hi ! I'm sure there are some kids with these backpacks whose parents did not buy all the school supplies required on the stationary checklist .

[@SocialSymone]

I AGREE! BUT KIDS WILL BE FRESH FOR SCHOLL EVERYTIME!

[@jeffw1267]

The teachers are hoping SOME parents will buy everything on the checklist to cover all the other kids whose parents can't/won't buy the items themselves. One kid doesn't need twenty boxes of crayons for one school year.

[@yesterdayseyes]

The first time I brought supplies and they had me put all of them in community bins was the last time I bought "the list". I buy my daughter everything she needs,it's not my job to supply every kid and teacher in the school with kleenex and the teachers favorite brand pencils. It's a scam.

[@ashleywatkins1380]

Right ​@@yesterdayseyes

[@acestarone]

They sure didn’t

[@Muziqizlyf]

I was born in '82. We had trapper keepers and pencil boxes. You are not wrong young lady!!!!

[@janellevl]

As a 30 year old, I don't remember who in elementary/middle/high school had the latest and greatest things. I remember who was a nice person and who wasn't. These materials items are fleeting.

[@thehamfamhomestead]

I think this is a great opportunity to teach kids to make wise decisions. Every year we give our kids a back to school shopping budget. I have a few things that they MUST buy (ie socks, underwear, at least one pair of jeans) but for the most part I allow them to spend the money how they see fit. One year my son spent half of his budget on a pair of shoes and ended up wearing the same 3 pair of athletic shorts and shirts. He had to do his laundry every other day to stay in clean clothes. It taught him a very valuable lesson.

[@EggheadJr1]

I said it before but it bears repeating: These are the kids that bully other kids, but the parents don't wanna do community supplies.

[@2okaycola]

Yep

[@sweetla4750]

🎯

[@bee6684]

Another reason why my daughter goes to a Christian private school. These kids could care less what they look like compared to public school. Maybe it’s because we live in North Carolina, but you’ll see doctors and lawyers kids just they just rolled out of bed no namebrand anything .

[@thedreadednyondo]

Straight up insanity. Between these bags, the Stanley’s, the Sephora nonsense, and the devices kids use to stay current on the trends, you need a mortgage and maybe an IPO just to send a kid to middle school. Maybe it’s time to start middle school with a math class on all the expenses…

[@tiaburks5645]

I’m 43 and the parents saying our parents would never are LYING! I remember being young and kids being late to school on Jordan release days because their parents would take them to get the shoes before school and we’re talking early 90’s. Let’s not forget those Starter pullovers…everything had to be Tommy or Nautica. We were actually worse! The kids today dress raggedy lol and Jansport was the expensive bag back then. How soon we forget lol even when my kids were young it was Nike bags and North Face jackets but they still were nowhere near as bad as those of us that grew up in the 90’s. Do a video about people that grow up and forget they were young 😂

[@lisaleone2296]

I don't remember it being this bad in the 80's. Yeah you had IZOD and Swatch and Reebok and whatever. But not everybody had them and I don't recall anyone getting bullied over it. My family couldn't afford name brands and I still had a lot of friends.

[@hilaryb8807]

@@lisaleone2296I graduated in 1992, so I spent most of my school career in the 80’s. The materialism and brand obsession was WAY worse in the 80’s, and kids were definitely bullied for wearing off-brand clothes.

[@softhorror8779]

I went to a private school and there were a lot of class signifiers among the students, bags included. Still, even as a little girl I knew not to ask for the bag the rich popular girls were wearing and be happy with my parents letting me pick one at the regular stores

[@PrincessxGary]

Grew up in NYC. Graduated from high school in 2010. These backpacks and north faces were extremely popular when I was in high school It was not unheard of to be robbed for the spray ground backpack.

[@juliajs1752]

If those backpacks at least would be guaranteed to last for the whole school time of the kid. But six months from now, they'll be out and you'll be able to buy them for a fiver at the thrift store, just like the stanley cups.

[@spleenforsoul]

I graduated in '06, and i still have my eastpak from high school. It fits so much in it and no damage... and this thing has been through a lot. I had it all 4 years of high school and college. I'm not even kidding. I still use it. My parents paid around $45 at Olympia for it. I remember because it was expensive for them at the time, and i begged for it. I remember going to the mall with my friends and hoping it would still be there for school shopping. It was this weird gray color i really liked and huge, so i knew i would fit all my stuff and not have to carry anything. This meant a lot to me since my high school was set up like a college campus.

[@strawberrykurosakii]

I feel like everyone I knew with these bags stayed asking the teacher for a pencil… no folders either just papers everywhere and vibes

[@riquittamoore4874]

Not vibes only☠️

[@bee6684]

Another reason why my daughter goes to a Christian private school. These kids could care less what they look like compared to public school. Maybe it’s because we live in North Carolina, but you’ll see doctors and lawyers kids just they just rolled out of bed no namebrand anything . Consumerism is a psychological disorder that we are all developing.

[@saininj]

Do those kids even know Dragon Ball Z, Naruto or any of those 90's Nickelodeon shows!?

[@Loveyevee]

Of course they rerun on Nickelodeon and they’re pretty popular on streaming platforms like crunchyroll now days.

[@MsAngelique]

Why would they?

[@stephaniestewart6308]

Fantastic content today. Definitely needed to be said and you made it plain. Parents are the guide and gatekeepers but peer pressure is a powerful thing for kids to endure. Sadly when they grow up having to have the best they feel they need to keep up the esthetics for life and these people then raise other tiny humans who they teach the same thing. Real freedom is discovering who you are and embracing what makes you great.

[@cozycasasmr4510]

I'm so glad I don't care for stuff like this because it seems like such a stressful life to constantly worry about how you don't have the popular clothes, bags, etc 😂

[@ShawniaMarie]

Thank you for saying this! It seem adults need to hear this too!

[@Moonpie90]

I've heard so many adults justify buying trendy or 'nice' things they don't need because they didn't get the items they were pressured to as kids. It messes some people up for life and pushes the urge to consume in deep to their psychology

[@leeann111]

My 13 year old nephew in Jamaica 🇯🇲 asked me to get him one of these bags and I was like heck nooooo…. It looks demonic plus my pockets ain’t fit for that kind of expense in this economy

[@leeann111]

Well he just called me and his dad got him a regular adidas book bag 😂😂 ….we don’t play about these kind of stuff

[@KaysFantasy]

From Stanley cups to sprayground bag! 🤨 This Is Why I'm Glad I'm Not On TikTok!

[@godiswithyou.5358]

A lot of survival in high school came from having symbols of wealth. That’s why having the latest, or close to latest, iPhone was so important at that age. Whereas, now as an adult, I couldn’t care less. I only update if I ABSOLUTELY HAVE TO. But I remember in that age, it was waaaay more important to me.

[@k.a5765]

Not me googling spray grounds backpack. 😂 I’m so out of touch and I’m ok with that

[@ladyinsane25]

HAHA same 😂😂 low key want one too…

[@ladyinsane25]

3 days off the internet and it feels like you’re suddenly living under a rock

[@blackbutterfly233ify]

Lol same

[@danabenson4125]

Me too. I had no clue what she was talking about.

[@badge5575]

They do look good though

[@bluevillsplash]

Jansport 🎒: $50-60 Sprayground 🎒: $65-100 The problem isn't even the money or the latest craze. The issue is and has always been bullying and social hierarchy. Now I need a new Sprayground 😩 for Friday Night Lights 😂

[@ladyinsane25]

Right. I remember Jansport being the “it bag” back in the day too, and those weren’t cheap back then! It’s basically the same problem but a different version

[@hoodie_tee]

​@@ladyinsane25facts!

[@RestingVirgoFace]

This is why I always look mean ppl were afraid 2 bully me.

[@kathleenking47]

They need Male marines for school ptinciples

[@kathleenking47]

Sprayground= Tattooed backpacks? STOP THE TATTOOING as well😞 Someone needs to teach kids how to PLAY Its usually moms Red light Green light Are HIIT exercises

[@Vbkingsova]

I am a millennial and after 9/11 we couldn’t even wear backpacks. We had to carry our books and to use a locker like normal school.

[@niasheereen2199]

Omg I HATED carrying a bulky, HEAVY binder all day. It was so annoying🤦🏾‍♀️

[@itsalexthegreat]

I didn't even know that existed 🤣 It looks like something you would buy at the flea market for way less than $80.

[@Loveyevee]

I genuinely thought it was like how the people in flea markets in Florida will customize ur shirts you just bring them a blank shirt or whatever. For the price they should be one of a kind!

[@ladyd6375]

Can they read, though

[@kenik2023]

....no....

[@DreamMaker_23]

Parents better do like my mom when I said I was going to run away because she didn't buy my bo jackson. She bought them 30 yrs later for Christmas 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@palasiksivain]

the parents who give into these insane trends are subconsciously teaching their kids classist ideologies. they are reaffirming the notion that in order to be a cool kid, you have to have something special as a material good. i was severely abused by my peers as a kid for a lot of reasons, being poor was one of them. parents need to be mindful of how their parenting methods affect not only their own kids but the way the social dynamics their kid finds themself in affects them. bc you don't want your kid to end up like me: chronically ill with a personality disorder and a physical disability because of being abused by their peers.

[@blurrydog1]

When I was a kid, Jansport WAS the expensive bag. Damn!

[@fluffy1452]

THE TRAPPER-KEEPER WAS THE BEST THING SMOKING😂😂😂

[@flyboy901]

I second this from our childhood in elementary school lol. 😅💯

[@danabenson4125]

Indeed 😊

[@ronniesnakehissiii9413]

Found mine from the early 90's in storage & I started using it for work! It fits with my Casio data-bank calculator watch. (Never could get the watch as a kid bc it was expensive. So since 2008-09 its the only kind of watch I wear. Only like $50/ea now!)

[@jaxblade6177]

😂 as someone who work with tools every day I love how you said that! “I’m not the sharpest knife in the drawer, but I’m not a spoon “

[@becsclaireee]

My baby is 9 and has had the same LL Bean backpack since kindergarten 😂 she can get a new one when it breaks. Joke’s on her, it’s not gonna, she’s gonna go to middle school with her Kindergarten backpack 😂

[@Islandsmile112]

0:29 it’s a different feeling when you see your parents happy because they can finally give you things- after struggling. Most times they just want to show you and others that they doin the best they can (granted-Sometimes it may be through tangible things) to some it up. However - I understand the point of the video and like that the conversation is happening.🎯

[@aimee6839]

I’ll admit to being a little confused by criticism of the $60 version… that’s what I paid for my Jansport backpack last year. It seems to just be the price of good backpacks nowadays. That being said, $200 is absurd unless it’s going to last until those kids have kids

[@CLAWSxCANDY]

Exactly Jansport hasn’t EVER been cheap $60-$80 but will last your child . That’s why us parents who bought em and used em ourselves invested in the brand. $80 one time meant I didn’t have to have a new bag every year. Those books used to be HEAVY. A book bag was an IMPORTANT piece of luggage 😂 now that they carry laptops it’s probably not as necessary to have a good quality bag . It’s not always about the money or brand 🤷🏽‍♀️ people miss the point completely why Jansport was a thing 😂😂😇CLEARLY THEIR BOOKBAG STRAP NEVER BROKE ON THE TO CLASS😂😂😂😫😩😅😅😅😩😩😩

[@ElinWinblad]

$80 for backpack is not as crazy as the jansport bags in 90s were $60 so at least the cost is “cheaper “ now due to higher average pay

[@nepps617]

So grateful that I reared a child that prefers to lead and not follow. She’s a lot like me, when everyone has something I don’t want it

[@Kei-Kei]

Lisa Frank. Trapper Keeper. Was it the 5 star notebooks? Bath and Body Works Country Apple smell goods. Tommy Girl parfum. Fossil watches! 😳🤣🤣🤣 Dr. Martins omg 😂

[@bnadira212]

These people buying these expensive backpacks…are these the same individuals complaining about buying extra school supplies? 👀

[@RuizKlan79]

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 Thank you for saying what needs to be said. I grew up poor. We ate out of the garbage we were so poor sometimes. I had cousins that would tell me I couldn’t touch with thier Magic 8 Ball 🎱 because my clothes came from the Goodwill. I didn’t even know what the Goodwill was, so it hurt a lot, and it didn’t help that both of them were really pretty too. I have spent 40 years trying to obtain things. When I was 8 they came out with an Oopsie Dasiey Doll and my big sister (16 year ago difference) had come in from out of the country trying to visit us (we lived in Winnipeg) and both me one. I was so consumed with the material aspect of it that I was afraid to use it. I never took it out of the box. When we moved I fell all the way down the stairs holding the box but I never let the box fall. Children ought not be consumed with materialism because as you stated it leads to a life that is unfulfilled. And you are always chasing something that doesn’t exist, it cannot be satisfied. Anyways if you were able to reach even one little boy or girl with your words then making this video is invaluable. 💜

[@LoveAndSnapple]

I am in my mid-30s and I would be so grateful if someone gave me a Jansport backpack. That was, and still is, like the best backpack you could have for a middle-class person. It reminds me of when I used to buy five star school supplies. “Built strong to last long.” The only time I changed my backpack was when it was falling apart. And sometimes I chose a mature looking bag and sometimes I chose a kiddy looking bag.

[@Mizzrebbel]

Jansport was a luxury for my family back in the day. Only one of us got one, the rest of us got plain cheap bags, which I was grateful for either way, and when those tore up, I brought a handbag to school with whatever books could fit.

[@kayjonesott]

I had a sprayground backpack in high school 10 years ago and absolutely no one knew anything about it. When I bought mine, it was the only SpongeBob backpack I could find at the time. Interesting to see how popular they are now.

[@acestarone]

I think they are way too big. I think the brand went up in price. Trends are funnyv

[@RestingVirgoFace]

When I was a kid Champion was in Payless for 10 dollars. Now they're at Footlocker

[@NerdsWorldNYC]

Look like bags folks wear at New York Comic Con and San Diego Comic Con. Folks going crazy for cosplay backpacks😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 And that's the only TIME you have them on your back.😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@lolarose4]

These trends are so lame. We had our own trends as kids & I hated it because I was raised by a single mother who couldn’t afford what my peers had.

[@justdavelol1439]

As a teen myself; yeah I’m good with my adidas backpack; I see anyone with a sprayground as slow🤷🏾‍♂️😭

[@mai_life8893]

All my students have these bags but I must admit my students from last year are still using there bag this school year they really hold up well.

[@kaileyfry]

Okay... i have mixed feelings. I had a carebear backpack that was $130-150 in 2012. But I used to 6th-12th grade. I kept it clean and pretty. But buying one every year is insane. But if they take care of it & you trust them- go for it!

[@QueenAlonaaa]

where did you get the care bear backpack from?

[@kaileyfry]

@@QueenAlonaaa spencers! Back in 2012/2013!

[@Pointofviewdaily]

Girl, I had to sub! You are telling the truth. I have two left in school, one in HIgh School ( senior this year) and another just started middle school and my high schooler showed me the spray ground, I was about to purchase another Jansport….! I was like what kind of backpacks are these? Yes, everyone is marketing and I know they made money!

[@AndroidG101]

I make over 6figures, I buy my kids new backpacks and sneakers for the new school yr but I don't care the brand all about quality on a budget, kids footlocker sales +coupon= 50$ sneakers and a 30$ backpack

[@corajohnson9802]

I remembered wanting Victoria's secret, uggs, north face, hollister etc. and my parents always said no. I used to hate it but I'm so grateful for it now.

[@coffewitgemini9953]

My mom and grandmother grew me up on Goodwill and made it clear ealy on that we dodnt have a lot of money. I didnt have a smart phone until my late senior year of highschool. Every school dance or naval ball i went to, my dress was maybe 10 bucks and i looked good everytime. I had one backpack that i used every year of highschool (keep in mind i was in JROTC and basically got a military back pack) i couldnt really do back to school shopping and had to reuse a lot of materials. I wouldnt change any of it for a second because it made me appreciate what i could get now. I hope parents really start teaching the value of cheap as young as they can comprehend because theres value in it.

[@niapop]

I hate it but I understand it. I remember being a kid and it was Kickers shoes. I desperately wanted them just to fit in, but my parents didn’t give in. I think a lot of millennials who are now parents don’t want their kids to go through the same feeling of not fitting in. Best way to stop it in school is for the school to apply bans. Because you can’t rely on all parents to say no.

[@AccessoriesAddict5528]

Are people truly this ridiculous?? 🤦🏽‍♀️

[@yvetteschoon8405]

Let's not act like this is new. When I was in college I bought a Northface backpack that was almost $200. That was in 2002. It's now 2024, and I still have that backpack and I've been using it 5 days a week for the last 10 years.

[@griffinemerson8475]

Those 200$ backpacks were made in Vietnam for 8$

[@Alongebaby]

Preach!!!

[@ca-ny9tl]

So glad that as a child, teen, and now as an adult I never had to feel I had to fit in and I never bought into all the trends and felt like I had to have everything everyone else had. Not caring what other people think of you will save you A LOT of Money😅

[@Ruinthewriter]

I could NOT imagine spending $50+ on a bag that's not going to last all the years of whatever education level I was at. I remember being in high school and being so happy with the hiking backpack I got because it had enough pockets, space for everything I needed to carry, padding on the straps, and we wouldn't have to worry about it falling apart like the usual $10 I'd gotten in middle and elementary school. Also I'm on 40%!

[@shaylenwayne9284]

Hope that little girl who was self conscious about her back pack is just having a good year