Nifty·Posted on Sep 5, 2017We Need To Talk About Those Giant Backpacks Kids Wear To SchoolChildren are the greatest of mysteries.by Emily ShwakeBuzzFeed StaffLinkFacebookPinterestTwitterMail Do you ever look back at your old school photos and wonder, "Why was my backpack so big?" Or look at your children wearing their backpacks and be like, "Huh. I could totally zip you into that backpack." View this photo on Instagram Even if you could fill up a backpack this size, a small child would tip over. Baby Simone Biles is so cute, but why's her backpack so big? View this photo on Instagram We need to save poor lil' angels like this one who are caring backpacks that are literally backbreaking. View this photo on Instagram Unicorns are — like — so cool but why does she have to carry around a backpack the actual size of a unicorn?! View this photo on Instagram This is lil' old me. I have so many questions, the most pressing being how I could not fit my massive lunchbox into my massive backpack?! Oh, and while were on the subject, please explain to me why rolling backpacks even exist. The school day is eight hours, not eight months! View this photo on Instagram Why are the poor babies being treated like pack mules while adults are shoving everything into these teeny tiny, itty bitty backpacks?! View this photo on Instagram