Am I being selfish and uncharitable?

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Please, tell me straight! I'm in a bad mood today anyway, and this has gone straight to annoyance central!

DD takes in suncream to school. None of her friends do, then use dd's.
It's £6 a bottle, and we've gone through a bottle in 3 days FFS!

I've just found out now, because dd says can she have more.

Of the dc's who don't bring suncream in, two of the parents have recently been overheard saying how ridiculous it is that they have to bring any in in the first place ( - are they happy for their children to burn?)

So in my bad mood state, I'm planning to go and see the HT tomorrow, to insist that dd's suncream is her own ---- but that would be really petty wouldn't it?

Am I being a miserable old bag to begrudge dd sharing suncream with nearly her entire class?

No, I would feel the same if it continued

YANBU, suncream is expensive. Can you (for a short while) send her in with pouches of it or transfer it into a little bottle so your DD doesn't 'lose face' and can just say sorry I only have enough to put on myself. Maybe other parents would then start to send their children in with suncream. You cannot and should not be expected to make up for other children's lazy parents.

I'd be annoyed too. How would it be if you used the one-application stuff? Then your daughter could put it on before school and wouldn't need to take the bottle. I think it's a bit more expensive than the usual stuff - but cheaper than subsidizing the whole class!

Yanbu if it's costing you £6 every three days. I wouldn't put up with that. I wouldn't be able to afford it!

yanbu

Rtherbe - that's what we always used to use, but the shop stopped stocking it.
I'll go and look online

Get some P20 and put it on in the morning before she leaves.

I would rip somebody's face off if they used my son's suncream on other kids then had the bloody cheek to ask for more after 3 days!!!!!!

Well it's your dd's fault for letting others use it surely?

The other parents probably don't realise

yanbu
and if another child is allergic to it, the parents will compalin.
talk to the school.

YANBU - talk to the head this is not on

I don't get what you are planning to talk to the head about.

Is sun cream compulsary in school? If yes, you have a point. If not, then surely the head will say, "well it's up to your daughter if she wants to share with her friends or not."

Buy some P20. It solves the issue instantly

It depends entirely on how old the dAUGHTER IS, SURELY? iF SHE'S 15, SHE SHOULD BE ABLE TO SAY NO - BUT IF SHE'S UNDER 10, SHE SHOULDN'T BE IN THE POSITION WHERE SHE HAS TO!

I think it does all depend on your DDs age as colditz said.

But I would just buy P20

YANBU. Suncream is expensive and I think you should go and say that it is for your DD to use only.

At our school it is labelled with children's names and only they use it. What would the parents say if one of their children had an allergic reaction to it- who would they consider responsible? Try making loud, jokey comments in the playground re: how much it is costing you... maybe the parents will realise that they should be providing their own.

At DS2s school children are not allowed to share their suncream

DD is 7. Suncream isn't compulsory, AFAIK, but they can bring it in, as long as it's labelled, they're not supposed to share it.

The dc's are supervised when they get ready to go out, so when the other girls crowd round to use it, I think the teacher there should put a stop to it - DD hasn't got the courage to stand up for herself when there are more then 4 or 5 around her!

The other annoying thing about it is that I have told her she is supposed to share it with her db, but the teachers are insisting that he has to have his own labelled bottle, as no sharing is allowed