JustErin said:

Ha! The jacket was placed on a chair in the cafeteria this morning.

Custodian did not put it there, nor did a teacher apparently...it was just placed there sometime after school started and a classmate's mother found it and turned it in.

I offered it up to a co-worker who has a son the same size as mine.

Good news all around.

That's a relief.

JustErin said:

Well, I already went out and replaced the items. Luckily I was able to find both as they were brand new items and the stores still had them in stock.

Like painted suggested, if the originals do eventually turn up I'll just donate them.

I heard through my neice that he is apparently known at school as the kid with the nice clothes so if they were stolen, who knows if someone took them just to be mean or to have them for their own.

Anyway, he was pretty mortified that someone could just take something that belonged to him but he's happy to have replacements. And I took pictures of them in case these go "missing".

I'm pretty pissed about the whole thing, though. I work hard to provide well for my son...and to possibly have some little shit just take it makes me furious....especially when everything my son grows out of always goes to charity.

what kind of uniform is that?!!

JustErin said:

sexton said:

A kid going to the movies every month means they are rich??? That's crazy.

If this happened to my son, I'd be so tempted to take a week off from work and spy on him every day to catch the thief in the act.

I know...isn't that nuts??

Maybe because going to the movies requires driving into the "city" which is 20 minutes away.

I dunno...small town folks are a different breed for sure!

Apparently we are also rich because we a modern house and have a pool.

you have a pool!!

fuckin' rich milfs...

u would think the parents of the kids who took them would be asking where the new stuff came from

it all starts in the home and parents should b more responsible

This is why school uniforms work.

Formalise your complaint to the school, if they don't do anything go and start stealing stuff from school, cus its ok right?

Ask your kid to ID the little bastard and then take it staight to the parents.

PREDOMINANT said:

This is why school uniforms work.

Formalise your complaint to the school, if they don't do anything go and start stealing stuff from school, cus its ok right?

Ask your kid to ID the little bastard and then take it staight to the parents.

over here all school kids wear uniforms

and when my kids have a mufty day (uniform free) they all have to bring in a gold coin which is donated to charity

gold coins r $2 or $1

I would die if they didnt have uniforms as i wouldnt know what to dress them in ever day - its like getting dressed for work and not knowing what to wear!!!!

ThisOne said:

u would think the parents of the kids who took them would be asking where the new stuff came from

it all starts in the home and parents should b more responsible

I'm pretty sure that is exactly what happened.

Kid brought it home and parents told them to bring it back...so before the bell rings all the kids wait in the cafeteria until it is time to go to class. It wasn't there before the rush then was there after they all left.

It's all good, I'm glad it is back. Too bad the hat was never found.

JustErin said:

He's so grown up now! I can't believe this was the little superhero who managed to lift and turn over the tv when he was a toddler!!!

Ottensen said:

JustErin said:

He's so grown up now! I can't believe this was the little superhero who managed to lift and turn over the tv when he was a toddler!!!

Oh my God, yeah!! I totally forgot about that. It was a huge old tube tv too! I'm glad he did it, though. I bought a new flat screen to replace it.

ThisOne said:

u would think the parents of the kids who took them would be asking where the new stuff came from

it all starts in the home and parents should b more responsible

That's just the thing, the so-called modern day parent don't give a good damn about the "new clothes".

maybe document the dates your son's clothing or other articles come up missing. when your documented list becomes more than 4 or five items, email the school's office with the your documentation. in your email (maybe) request a suggestion from their office of how you can prevent your son's items from coming up missing. then it will be in their court to respond and acknowledge your concern. (i dunno if this will help. however i do know that keeping documentation can be useful if the issue continues).

[Edited 9/14/12 12:47pm]

A 16-year-old boy punched my daughter three weeks ago. Hard. Left an ugly bruise on her thigh. She wouldn't tell me who did it, but today I found out.

The boy, his father and I will be meeting soon. No later than tomorrow, assuming they are in town and are at church.

The boy's father is a great, great guy. He helped a friend of mine out when he'd lost everything, and I'll never forget that.

That is the only thing saving the boy from the inside of a jail cell. And I'm going to make sure he knows it. I want him to know two things: (1) If he ever lays a hand on my daughter again, he will find out just how mean and ugly I can get; and (2) He'd better honor and respect his parents because their integrity and character are the only things keeping him out of jail.

RodeoSchro said:

A 16-year-old boy punched my daughter three weeks ago. Hard. Left an ugly bruise on her thigh. She wouldn't tell me who did it, but today I found out.

The boy, his father and I will be meeting soon. No later than tomorrow, assuming they are in town and are at church.

The boy's father is a great, great guy. He helped a friend of mine out when he'd lost everything, and I'll never forget that.

That is the only thing saving the boy from the inside of a jail cell. And I'm going to make sure he knows it. I want him to know two things: (1) If he ever lays a hand on my daughter again, he will find out just how mean and ugly I can get; and (2) He'd better honor and respect his parents because their integrity and character are the only things keeping him out of jail.

Let me begin by saying...

It is NEVER OK to hit at all, let alone be fine with your son hitting a girl.

I teach my son NOT to hit girls. That being said....

I just wish people would teach their daughters not to push the mark and be so rude and mean and nasty to boys.

I teach my daughter never to talk trash to boys because boys may hit her. So many girls think they can say/do anything and not suffer retaliation from a boy just because she is a girl.

Girls NEED to be careful. Girls can and WILL get hit if they have a big mouth.

Can not trust a young guy now a days to have chivalry, those days are LONG gone.

My older son will not hit a girl but just the other day a random girl he didn't know at all (college aged) just walked up to my son and told him loudly that he needed to comb his hair.

If I were there I would have cussed her out because no girl should be allowed to make a boy feel berated. He wears a short afro and is coming to terms with accepting the natural texture of his hair (its a black thing) and it was rude for this girl to talk to him as if he doesn't know how to take care of himself... unsolicited mind you.

Bitch.

So yes, talk to that young man, and also make sure your daughter isn't mouthing off to boys who will hurt her.

Mouthing off to boys (sometimes rightfully so) may be a dangerous thing to do.

Not saying your daughter did mouth off that boy, may have just been horseplay... but be warned because some boys do not do well when their pride gets hurt by a girl.

my son has had so many things stolen from him at school over the years. last year another boy in his class took home a very nice coat his grandparents had just bought him. i was so upset, but then the next day the coat was sitting on his desk (it had been washed by the boys mom, it smelt like laundry soap). she must of been pissed her son took it, and so she washed it to cover up for it.

paintedlady said:

RodeoSchro said:

A 16-year-old boy punched my daughter three weeks ago. Hard. Left an ugly bruise on her thigh. She wouldn't tell me who did it, but today I found out.

The boy, his father and I will be meeting soon. No later than tomorrow, assuming they are in town and are at church.

The boy's father is a great, great guy. He helped a friend of mine out when he'd lost everything, and I'll never forget that.

That is the only thing saving the boy from the inside of a jail cell. And I'm going to make sure he knows it. I want him to know two things: (1) If he ever lays a hand on my daughter again, he will find out just how mean and ugly I can get; and (2) He'd better honor and respect his parents because their integrity and character are the only things keeping him out of jail.

Let me begin by saying...

It is NEVER OK to hit at all, let alone be fine with your son hitting a girl.

I teach my son NOT to hit girls. That being said....

I just wish people would teach their daughters not to push the mark and be so rude and mean and nasty to boys.

I teach my daughter never to talk trash to boys because boys may hit her. So many girls think they can say/do anything and not suffer retaliation from a boy just because she is a girl.

Girls NEED to be careful. Girls can and WILL get hit if they have a big mouth.

Can not trust a young guy now a days to have chivalry, those days are LONG gone.

My older son will not hit a girl but just the other day a random girl he didn't know at all (college aged) just walked up to my son and told him loudly that he needed to comb his hair.

If I were there I would have cussed her out because no girl should be allowed to make a boy feel berated. He wears a short afro and is coming to terms with accepting the natural texture of his hair (its a black thing) and it was rude for this girl to talk to him as if he doesn't know how to take care of himself... unsolicited mind you.

Bitch.

So yes, talk to that young man, and also make sure your daughter isn't mouthing off to boys who will hurt her.

Mouthing off to boys (sometimes rightfully so) may be a dangerous thing to do.

Not saying your daughter did mouth off that boy, may have just been horseplay... but be warned because some boys do not do well when their pride gets hurt by a girl.

The showdown will occur Sunday. I'd like it to be at church. Since he struck my daughter in front of a bunch of her friends, I think he should apologize to her in front of a bunch of her friends.

Unless a woman is coming at you with a knife, there's never a valid reason for a man to strike a woman.

EVER.

paintedlady said:

RodeoSchro said:

A 16-year-old boy punched my daughter three weeks ago. Hard. Left an ugly bruise on her thigh. She wouldn't tell me who did it, but today I found out.

The boy, his father and I will be meeting soon. No later than tomorrow, assuming they are in town and are at church.

The boy's father is a great, great guy. He helped a friend of mine out when he'd lost everything, and I'll never forget that.

That is the only thing saving the boy from the inside of a jail cell. And I'm going to make sure he knows it. I want him to know two things: (1) If he ever lays a hand on my daughter again, he will find out just how mean and ugly I can get; and (2) He'd better honor and respect his parents because their integrity and character are the only things keeping him out of jail.

Let me begin by saying...

It is NEVER OK to hit at all, let alone be fine with your son hitting a girl.

I teach my son NOT to hit girls. That being said....

I just wish people would teach their daughters not to push the mark and be so rude and mean and nasty to boys.

I teach my daughter never to talk trash to boys because boys may hit her. So many girls think they can say/do anything and not suffer retaliation from a boy just because she is a girl.

Girls NEED to be careful. Girls can and WILL get hit if they have a big mouth.

Can not trust a young guy now a days to have chivalry, those days are LONG gone.

My older son will not hit a girl but just the other day a random girl he didn't know at all (college aged) just walked up to my son and told him loudly that he needed to comb his hair.

If I were there I would have cussed her out because no girl should be allowed to make a boy feel berated. He wears a short afro and is coming to terms with accepting the natural texture of his hair (its a black thing) and it was rude for this girl to talk to him as if he doesn't know how to take care of himself... unsolicited mind you.

Bitch.

So yes, talk to that young man, and also make sure your daughter isn't mouthing off to boys who will hurt her.

Mouthing off to boys (sometimes rightfully so) may be a dangerous thing to do.

Not saying your daughter did mouth off that boy, may have just been horseplay... but be warned because some boys do not do well when their pride gets hurt by a girl.

It ain't right for anyone to hit anyone regardless of gender. That's why shit's fucked up as it is.

Timmy84 said:

paintedlady said:

Let me begin by saying...

It is NEVER OK to hit at all, let alone be fine with your son hitting a girl.

I teach my son NOT to hit girls. That being said....

I just wish people would teach their daughters not to push the mark and be so rude and mean and nasty to boys.

I teach my daughter never to talk trash to boys because boys may hit her. So many girls think they can say/do anything and not suffer retaliation from a boy just because she is a girl.

Girls NEED to be careful. Girls can and WILL get hit if they have a big mouth.

Can not trust a young guy now a days to have chivalry, those days are LONG gone.

My older son will not hit a girl but just the other day a random girl he didn't know at all (college aged) just walked up to my son and told him loudly that he needed to comb his hair.

If I were there I would have cussed her out because no girl should be allowed to make a boy feel berated. He wears a short afro and is coming to terms with accepting the natural texture of his hair (its a black thing) and it was rude for this girl to talk to him as if he doesn't know how to take care of himself... unsolicited mind you.

Bitch.

So yes, talk to that young man, and also make sure your daughter isn't mouthing off to boys who will hurt her.

Mouthing off to boys (sometimes rightfully so) may be a dangerous thing to do.

Not saying your daughter did mouth off that boy, may have just been horseplay... but be warned because some boys do not do well when their pride gets hurt by a girl.

It ain't right for anyone to hit anyone regardless of gender. That's why shit's fucked up as it is.

Absolutely!

It is right for RhodeoSchro to want to make that young man apologize in front of all their friends, some kids these days have no home training.

It is ridiculous a young lady would have to fear getting hit by anyone let alone a guy... that kid should be ashamed of himself.

Yeah it's amazing how young people think THEY can be the authority on some shit as if they know how life's supposed to be. Sad state of affairs. And we wonder why the parents don't do more. The "I'm gonna be really liberal with my kids" parents... There should be balance there that there was in the past when my parents were coming up.

Timmy84 said:

Yeah it's amazing how young people think THEY can be the authority on some shit as if they know how life's supposed to be. Sad state of affairs. And we wonder why the parents don't do more. The "I'm gonna be really liberal with my kids" parents... There should be balance there that there was in the past when my parents were coming up.

The problem is the parents...

let one of my kids bring hme a jacket... I would make my kid take it back and BRING IT TO the person and APOLOGIZE for taking something that didn't belong to them.

This will make the child accountable for his/her actions...

parents are slipping. Too busy making money and not looking after their kids.

paintedlady said:

Timmy84 said:

Yeah it's amazing how young people think THEY can be the authority on some shit as if they know how life's supposed to be. Sad state of affairs. And we wonder why the parents don't do more. The "I'm gonna be really liberal with my kids" parents... There should be balance there that there was in the past when my parents were coming up.

The problem is the parents...

let one of my kids bring hme a jacket... I would make my kid take it back and BRING IT TO the person and APOLOGIZE for taking something that didn't belong to them.

This will make the child accountable for his/her actions...

parents are slipping. Too busy making money and not looking after their kids.

They need to do BOTH. Get your money AND keep your kids in check. They think it's too much hard work, but maybe this would make them strong instead of weak.

I went over to the boy's house and talked to him and his dad. He denied hitting my daughter but I caught him in some lies. I think it's obvious to all that he did it, even if he won't admit it. The evidence against him is too powerful to deny.

I also told him that if he ever laid a hand on my daughter again, his life was over. I'd put him in jail for as long as I possibly could. In fact, I told him the only reason I didn't call the cops on him this time was that I thought very highly of his parents.

Hope I did some good.