Teen “lost and found” bin diving

[Anonymous]

^lice is a real possibility besides it being wrong.

[Anonymous]

It is wrong but this is hilarious- “ use other peoples stationery which has all someone else’s random hand all over it and you aren’t sure what they have done with it”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is weird and would concern me more about what other behavior was going on I didn’t know about, and also the choice of friends.

+1, give her consequences for stealing. It is stealing.

[Anonymous]

I remember my brain in high school and I would have probably been the same as her. Not that I have any advice for cracking into her teen mind.

[Anonymous]

That would not be acceptable in my house. It's stealing. I get that few kids actually look for their stuff back, but perhaps there's a very confused kid out there who keeps checking the lost and found and never finds his stuff! So that's a firm no.

[Anonymous]

Parent of teens and HS teacher here - this is not typical behavior at all. I can’t imagine it being accepted or thought of as okay with my kids and their friends or with any of my students. No. I don’t hear about any of them borrowing from the lost and found.

[Anonymous]

So she's part of *that* group. Don't allow it, OP. Pretty soon they'll move on to more serious offenses and you'll get a call from the Principal and realize your daughter was the problem kid all the time. Stealing is not OK.

[Anonymous]

How do you know the items are really from Lost & Found? I'd be concerned they are stealing the items new or from other teens and/or taking as a form of bullying.

[Anonymous]

If she wants to take things from lost and found, she should work with the school to make a policy that things get tagged with a date and saved for 30 days (or however long) and then they are on a "free to take" shelf and then donated or sold or whatever. It could be a good community service project for her and her friends and they can get first dibs on the "free to take" stuff. But it should not just be a free for all. I'd be annoyed at the school for the disorganization in addition to not liking it for your kid.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If she wants to take things from lost and found, she should work with the school to make a policy that things get tagged with a date and saved for 30 days (or however long) and then they are on a "free to take" shelf and then donated or sold or whatever. It could be a good community service project for her and her friends and they can get first dibs on the "free to take" stuff. But it should not just be a free for all. I'd be annoyed at the school for the disorganization in addition to not liking it for your kid.

Brilliant idea!

[Anonymous]

I'd be pretty pissed if my kid lost her coat, we checked the lost and found for it, but it wasn't there because your kid was "borrowing" it.

I can't believe you OP!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It is wrong but this is hilarious- “ use other peoples stationery which has all someone else’s random hand all over it and you aren’t sure what they have done with it”

That one got me too! Stationary is the least icky part of this.
Are teen girls really using stationary these days? Who are they writing letters to?

[Anonymous]

my teen says “stationery” refers to what kids keep in their pencil cases such as erasers, fancy art pens, etc.

[Anonymous]

We bin dive at the pool when my kids forget their goggles and we can't go back home for them before swim practice.

I'm not a stoner.

I think they have found a new way to grab what they need when they forget something.

[Anonymous]

I would not allow this. Sounds like a lack of moral ethics.