be furious with 'light-fingered' parents at dcs school?

[northernlurker]

Went to pick dd3 up from after school club today and her coat has gone. It's VERY distinctive and she loves it . She had it lunchtime, says she hung it up and by 5.30 it was gone. Checked the whole area, lost property and outside. I know what's happened - same thing that happend with a sunhat last year - some feckless idiot will have turned up at school pick up when it was raining without a coat, seen that hadn't been taken from the peg and has pinched it. Bet it will mysteriously reappear in a day or two. At least I hope so. I'd better not be there when they return it though - I had to take her home distraught, thankfully it had stopped raining by then. Of course worst case is they've just nicked it. Poor dd3 was so sad. She really loves that coat. Her name is in it btw.

I've had this with my dc's spare clothes bag in reception year, was there yesterday morning gone this morning...

We lost two items of clothing from preschool last term. The preschool leader said all their spare clothes go missing. Parents just take a fancy to something their child has been changed into, following accidents etc, and decide to keep it. Presumably if their child accidently goes home in other people's clothing they keep that too.

What the fuck is wrong with people? How could they just steal a childs coat? I guess it wasn't an accident or dd hasn't left it somewhere else other than the peg?

'light-fingered' parents

or child minder
or
carer
or
foster parents
or
emergency contact

How do you know it's been stolen?? These things happen it could be anywhere.

Oh yeah this happens at nursery,this is why i leatnt not to send him in too nice things.Sometimes they get clothes mixed up and parents never fetch it back.When that happens with us and I find some other kuds stuff in ds bag i wash it and take it back and pass it to the staff directly.

It would be a pretty long thread title if op listed all the possible carers of children mathilda.

It disappoints me that some parents are dishonest enough to do stuff like this! How you could just nick a coat is beyond me, would they pinch an adult's coat if they fancied it too?!

Next time buy a very plain cheap coat to take to school, that your DD isn't attatched to. Poor thing

It doesn't get better either, DD constantly had PE kit etc nicked at secondary school!

This is one of those things that I only ever hear about on MN, and I've had 2dc complete primary school and I work in one.

I just find it utterly bizarre that people steal from children in school. What planet do these people live on that they think it's in any way acceptable??

I used to sew labels in- not anymore, too easy to unpick, or cut out. Writing all over the collar in black pen helps, though.

I bought a lovely coat last September for my son from Next last September. It was his main school coat and I bought it a size larger for him to grow into a bit and to last a lot longer. He took it to Ju Jitsu and I had no idea that he did and forgot to bring it back. In July this year the ju Jitsu teacher had a clear out and lo and behold there was the coat. Gave if a quick wash and looks brand new for this year lol

Next time buy a very plain cheap coat to take to school, that your DD isn't attatched to. Poor thing.

You're joking aren't you? If half the mummy's at our school couldn't send their dds in the latest Joules/Boden/Barbour they wouldn't have a coat at all!

I'm still seething about our missing stuff. And no it wasn't anything special. It was newish though.

i have the same problem with sweaters. some even go so far as to pick the name labels off n the sweaters are so expensive to buy

Do they have to be light fingered though. It is easy for a child to pick up the wrong coat/bag/towel/shoes etc. And for a parent to realise what the child has done in the next couple of days.

Not the well-travelled magic fleece NL?!

If one of my children came home with a coat that was not theirs, all I'd do is send it back the next day. Even if it was the most expensive, beautiful coat I had ever seen I would not keep it. I would not keep it, if I was on my arse and my children had holes in their coats.

My friends son had a very expensive duffle coat stolen from school and the teacher's response was that children should not wear expensive items to school. I see her point, but I'd also like some notification that there were thieves in operation.

We once had a brand new pair of trainers disappear off the face of the planet. I don't like to be suspicious but you can't help thinking someone's nicked them can you ?

Have- which is fine, if they realise the mistake, and give it back. I've
done this. Most people (ime) don't.

I resorted to using 'laundry' permanent marker to write all over my kids belongings.
My DCs used o go to a school where they had to wear £12 sun hats, my son used to loose his all the friggin time [cross] I used to blame him and get irritated when he said they would just 'disappear' from his locker. I eventually got his name embroidered on the outside of hat and he never 'lost' it again. All the writing and labelling inside the hat didnt work.

I used to sew labels in- not anymore, too easy to unpick, or cut out. Writing all over the collar in black pen helps, though.

Ditto this. Names in half a dozen places after a jumper disappeared and then reappeared with the name tag (on the inside) half ripped out and a gaping hole. Obviously they didn't want it once damaged.

My other tip- instead of wonder web, is to hem trousers with an iron-on name label. They never think to look there to remove them

(Ok, I did this by accident, because I'm crap at sewing and had run out of wunderbeb. But it worked!)

(it sounds like I don't trust anyone at school- but after 10 years and 3 kids, no, I don't, sadly).

Her name is in it in permanent marker. It's not an honest mistake - its very here distinctive and their pegs have names on. Hers is actually opposite the classroom with spare pegs on either side. I looked everywhere it could be. It wasn't in the building tonight.

LTJ - thankfully no, not that one! (phew).