My child’s coat was taken home accidentally by another child this week from the after school club. The child who took it is three years above my child but the family didn’t notice until a member of staff phoned them and had to persuade them that they had the wrong coat (the other child’s coat was left at the after school club so we knew who had it). So my child had to leave the after school club without a coat in heavy rain and 1 degree weather so I wasn’t impressed. When the coat was returned on Friday I took it home and didn’t check it. My child had worn a less warm coat for the day. As soon as we got home I found two rips in the arm of the coat which hadn’t been there when I took my child to school on Thursday morning. The arm with the rip also have muddy paw prints so I can only assume that a dog’s claws ripped the coat. My child has traits of autism although has not been assessed yet and is now refusing to wear the coat due to the rips so I have to buy a new one. I don’t have any contact details of the other parent. Do you think I’ve got any chance of getting money from the other parent to replace this. I’m a completely solo parent and my money is very tight particularly straight after Christmas. I know accidents happen but I feel that as they took the coat home, they should at least contribute to a new one. In case anyone was wondering, the coat is wearable but the stuffing is coming out. The material is would not be easy to repair either.