Question for Moms of Middle School Girls

My 11yo started hers last Oct while she was still in 5th grade. She just has a few pads in her backpack. I would just go that route. I don't think anyone really carries a purse to school in any grade. I know I never did even in High School, I had a wallet/planner in my backpack, but never carried a separet purse and don't remember anyone else having one.

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Our school does not let the kids carry a purse. The pads and tampons are so small now, one slips easily into a pocket and they can keep a supply in their locker. Mine keeps a lunch bag in her locker so that she can slip one into her pocket if she needs it. They figure it out, it is not a big issue.

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the middle schools in our area are required to have see through bags so don't think that would solve your issue. I agree with the poster below who kept them in a lunch bag in her locker. I worked at a cafe for years and we kept a brown paper lunch sack under one of the counters full of just this stuff.

Wow, my daughter isn't allowed to carry a purse or any type of bag around her school anymore. She'll be in 7th grade this year and thats one thing I hadn't even thought of. Her older sister's didn't have this rule sooo I never even gave it a thought until now. That's a great ? now I'll spend this afternoon on the phone with the school board to figure this one out. Our kids are also not allowe to go to their lockers by 3 times a day before, lunchtime and after school.

Yes, a purse is always good especially if it is something she really likes...color, brand, size etc. When my oldest daughter was in middle school (she's a junior now) I made her carry a purse because when the time did come I didn't want her classmates to wonder why she had one all of a sudden. Plus, as we pass the middle school these days I see so many designer purses; so its definitely still a cool trend.

Oh my gosh YES!!!!
Let her choose one she likes, they are everywhere. MIne likes to carry her lipgloss in hers, she isn't wearing makeup yet. Plus they have all these little purse/backpack clipons. Be warned though once she starts carrying one she may have ot have one for each outfit or to match the shoes or blouse. It never ends. :o)

When my daughter was in middle school, I put some supplies in a pencil case and hung it on one of the hooks in her locker. It was always there for her or anyone who needed hygiene supplies... She carried a purse some of the time in middle school - she had a lot of books, so the purse was almost too much. She only carried it when she thought she might need her supplies...
Now that she's in high school, my daughter carries a purse most of the time. She keeps supplies in a small case her backpack. If she has her period, she often keeps a tampon in her pocket - I get her the compact kind so it's not noticeable.
YMMV
LBC

The girls in my daughter's middle school carry a small purse inside their backpacks or they store the product in a small compartment of their backpack, I am told.

Find out if your daughters school allows them to carry back packs, and/or if they use lockers.. This will help.. At our daughters school they carried backpacks and I do not remember even one girl carrying a purse. They kept their wallets in their back packs, our daughter kept her suppiies in one of the inside zippered areas.

They did not use lockers in her middle school.

I remember a high school friend of mine hid her tampon in her sock along her leg, under jeans of course. Not sure what people would do in scanty summer clothing or flip-flops. The teen supplies are quite compact nowadays and would do fine in a jean pocket, backpack pocket, etc.

My daughter just keeps things in her backpack or in her lunch box. She doesn't really use a purse unless she has a need to carry money (going to the movies). Some girls do carry a purse, but not all. It's just depends on her personal preference.

My daughters went to a middle school that went to wearing uniforms so they were not allowed back packs nor did they have lockers. They were allowed to carry small purses. So they would carry their supplies in their purses. My youngest daughter never did carry a purse until she absolutely needed to... and no one gave her any problems once she started to carry one. I think most kids just assume that when girls get a certain age they start carrying purses like their moms.