Michael has a tendency to leave things at school. His coat, his lunchbox, his sweatshirt, we normally find them in his classroom or in the lost and found. For some reason, his expensive winter coat that my mother bought became a problem. It is frequently lost and shows up in another First Grade classroom. I knew it was only a matter of time before it disappeared. No matter how many times I talked to him about being responsible and keeping track of his things, well, he is 6. And a boy.
We walk to school. On Monday, I dropped him off at school with his coat. On Monday, after school, I picked him up and he did not have his coat. I sent him back to his classroom, no coat. We checked the lost and found, no coat. We searched all the first grade classrooms, no coat. I figured it would show up Tuesday in the lost and found. It did not.
Our conversation went something like this:
"Did you take your coat off at recess?"
"No."
"No?"
"I didn't wear my coat outside for recess because I didn't have it then."
"You didn't have it when you went outside for recess?"
"No."
"So, somehow, you lost you coat in between walking through the door at 8:30 in the morning and going outside at 11:30 in the morning?"
"I don't know."
"What happened to your coat?"
"I don't know."
I kind of figured he did have his coat on at recess and took it off and it would show up in the lost and found. But no. Not monday and not today. And the child currently doesn't have a coat and it is really cold out and I don't want to buy him a new coat because I'm hoping the old coat shows up. Somehow. Magically. You know, in the same way it disappeared.
So, guess who is giving up and buying a new winter coat tomorrow after school? Guess who is doing chores around the house to pay for said winter coat? Guess who is getting lots of lectures on accountability and responsibility? Guess who isn't allowed to touch any of Mommy's things because she doesn't believe he won't loose them?
I am so irrationally angry about this coat situation. Also Target. 11 days before Christmas with a pissed of mom and a 6 year old who wants everything in sight. I don't recommend it.
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From my school days, I remember people using the lost and found as their own personal shopping space. That’s really annoying that its just gone. Hopefully it shows up tomorrow!
I don’t know if that counts as “irrationally” angry. I would be right pissed.
I was pissed when another kid took my kid’s lunch box, ate his lunch, and took the lunch box home. And it was just a lunch box. We could make do with a paper bag for a few days until it showed up. But it’s the fact that you should be able to send them into a building and have them return from said building with the few things they bring with them.
Hope it turns up, though now that you have the new coat…
When I was a kid I used to “accidentally” loose things/clothes I didn’t like.
Its been cold here. I am surprised they let him go out to recces without a jacket.
Last year, I made my kindergarten son wear mitten clips because he lost 3 pairs of gloves. I do NOT think you are irrationally angry about losing the coat! I’ll keep my fingers crossed that somehow it magically turns up.
Has the coat turned up yet? I assume you contacted his teacher? I am appalled that it was lost early in the day and no one seems to know anything. I have never heard of such a thing. Perhaps she can ask the kids in the class if they have seen it. Wouldn’t she or Michael notice if someone else started wearing it?
Last winter after church my coat was gone from the closet. Long story short, a little old lady wore it home thinking it was hers. She didn’t realize it wasn’t hers until later when she pulled out unknown gloves. Mistakes happen.
I am giving my 9 year old an expensive coat for Christmas. God help me if it goes missing. I should have gone to Target!
Good luck.
We had the same issue with lunch boxes. How can a lunch box be lost, when it is clearly labeled with his name on the outside? I can’t imagine some other parent would let their child use that, but *3* different lost lunch boxes never showed up in Lost & Found. Ditto a very expensive sweatshirt and a not-so-expensive coat. I still have the bloody hood from that damn lost coat.
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