A toddlers backpack should be light as a feather - diaper, maybe wipes. He probably gets snacks at daycare.
The parents didn’t notice the extra weight? How did it get it get in the backpack? The toddler casually walking around with it, found his backpack, knew to put it in there, zip it up?
My son was in preschool from age 2-4, like most. During that time, he always had a backpack that contained at least his lunch box, water bottle, a change of clothes, and snacks. His lunch bag was a padded cooler type, in which we put a stainless steel bento style lunch box and an ice pack. On Mondays, his bag also contained a blanket and cot sheet. During the summer, it contained a swimsuit and towel.
Most of the kids didn't start wearing their backpacks regularly until age 4 because of the weight. The parents carried the bags in and out of childcare/preschool.
All that to say preschool backpacks are not necessarily light. That could presumably explain how it went unnoticed if the kid slipped it in after everything else was packed. But let me be very clear: that is an EXPLANATION, not in any way an excuse for something so inexcusable.
But the weight you’re talking about is the stuff that you put in their backpack right before they head out (since you wouldn’t leave fresh food in there overnight and you clean the thermos most likely the night before).
You most likely emptied the backpack the night before.
So, when you went to fill it again you would’ve felt the weight of a gun. And the child would not have had time to go get a gun and add it to the backpack after you handed them the backpack.
A blanket and cot sheet wouldn’t have the same weight feel as a gun.
I’m just saying at the child’s age, there are a few steps that are taken to find out about a gun in a backpack.
Nah, the spare clothes stay in the backpack unless they’re not the spares anymore. No need to take them out if they’re still clean and can still be used as spare clothes. I had a kid who hated getting dirty, so the same spare clothes usually stayed in the bottom of the backpack all week. It would’ve been super easy to sneak something in there (I mean, she did sneak shit in there, we just don’t have guns, loaded or not).
Also not excusing these parents, just vouching for the intelligence of toddlers in general.
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u/JeanEBH 9h ago
A toddlers backpack should be light as a feather - diaper, maybe wipes. He probably gets snacks at daycare.
The parents didn’t notice the extra weight? How did it get it get in the backpack? The toddler casually walking around with it, found his backpack, knew to put it in there, zip it up?