Not all little girls are the same, but my son was never the kind of pack rat who left a trail of craft paper scraps and stickers everywhere like my daughter does. I’ll leave it at that. And if you have a little girl who refuses to throw anything away, leaves crumbs only on her side of the backseat, and spends most evenings gluing random things together, then you’ll understand exactly what both I and a mom on TikTok named Valerie are talking about.
For Valerie, her daughter’s backpack looked like something a junior hoarder might bring home from school. From a stray fake fingernail to a crumpled Cheetos bag and guitar picks wrapped in aluminum foil, her daughter clearly struggles to part with anything. Parents who have found strange items in their own kids’ backpacks were quick to criticize Valerie, accusing her of teaching poor habits at home. Yikes.
The entire search began because Valerie noticed a terrible smell coming from the backpack. She explained right away that there was a “certain smell,” made worse by the fact that the bag had countless compartments to dig through. As she searched, Valerie pulled out a fake nail, rings, part of a geode, and plenty of craft supplies, including lots of pipe cleaners. So far, nothing alarming.
Then she started finding actual trash. Empty chip bags, discarded wrappers, and that same fake nail she planned to throw away all made an appearance.
As she continued opening pockets and uncovering LEGO pieces and other items she decided to put back, the smell still lingered.
“I don’t know what it is, but it smells like a dead animal,” she said. “Please don’t be a dead animal.”
Valerie promised to continue the search in a second video, but the comment section on the first clip made it clear how people felt about the backpack and the random collection of items her daughter had saved during the first half of the school year.
“Uhh yeah get her a cartoon backpack cuz she does not need this many pockets,” one commenter wrote.
Another advised, “Teach her to empty her backpack every day. She’s old enough to know when things need to be thrown away.”
Others suggested Valerie should wash the backpack more often.
I might not do that as regularly as I should either, but then again, I don’t have a child stuffing bags of edamame beans into theirs. And yes, that’s what the second video revealed. Valerie eventually discovered a rotting bag of edamame beans hidden inside.
After the follow-up video was posted, comments flooded in again.
“How can she see things in her daughter’s backpack that she never knew about before and still laugh?” one person wrote. “Like, she’s clearly stealing things.”
Others agreed, suggesting the daughter must be taking items from school when teachers aren’t looking.
One commenter jokingly asked, “Was she a crow in her past life?” and many others quickly echoed the same thought.
Some viewers shared their own stories about strange things they found in their backpacks as kids, but even tales of once-living worms didn’t quite match the sheer volume of items Valerie uncovered.
After the grand finale with the edamame beans, criticism returned in full force.
“What kind of parenting is this if you don’t check your child’s backpack until it starts to smell?” one person commented. “Your schedule isn’t too busy for your own child. Your kid is your responsibility and should be your top priority.”
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