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Forgetting pack-up.

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oneboy3girls · 09/03/2015 13:37

If your 14yr dd 'phoned to say she had forgotten her pack-up ,would you drive 8 miles to drop it off?Or would you let her learn? tia.

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Purplehonesty · 09/03/2015 15:22

Yes I would deliver it. But then I am a soft touch.

Pack up is a Derbyshire/East Midlands phrase.

Madamecastafiore · 09/03/2015 15:24

No, I'm too busy during the day. I'd tell her to buy a school lunch and give her her pack up for her dinner so it wasn't wasted.

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stargirl1701 · 09/03/2015 17:25

It's not about 'teaching a lesson' in a punitive way. It's natural consequences leading to responsibility for adulthood.

TantrumsAndBalloons · 09/03/2015 17:27

I'm at work during the day so mine wouldn't ask me to drop off lunch but they would probably text and ask me to put some money on their parentpay account.

GotToBeInItToWinIt · 09/03/2015 17:36

I'm from the East Mids (South Derbyshire) and have never heard it!

SoupDragon · 09/03/2015 17:39

It depends. Today I took something in for DS2 because as he was about to leave this morning I thought "I saw XX by the arm chair. I wonder if he picked it up?" but didn't say anything. Last week I didn't take something in because I told him to pick it up when he was standing right by the items.

If they were due home at the normal time I wouldn't take lunch in, if they had an after school activity I probably would.

It's not an 8 mile trip for me though.

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oneboy3girls · 09/03/2015 21:20

Thanks for the replies .l thought everyone called it pack up ? My dd hobbled in ,and apologised for being somewhat demanding on the 'phone. She found money in her bag I'm glad I didn't bother.

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