Breaking Backpacks

Since my son's school had decided to make lockers optional with a fee this year, many of the kids decided to opt out and carry everything with them all day long. This drives me crazy because not only is it not good for them, his backpack is totally worn out already and the year is only about halfway over! I'm thinking of shelling out some bucks this time to get him a Kipling. I think something like that is way more durable than the more inexpensive ones that he's been getting and can hold a larger load. I just feel so bad that these kids don't think that it's a bad idea to end up in pain and looking like a hunchback. I don't understand what the school was thinking at all.