Did I overreact? The teenage boy edition

[Anonymous]

Learning to sew a button is such a basic skill! Even my husband grew up knowing how to sew on a button.

[Anonymous]

You sound alright to me, OP.

Follow through, though, otherwise he won't learn his lesson.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP again. He wears a blazer everyday to school from October until April so he knows he needs to keep it in good condition or he will get written up for a uniform violation. I teach kindergarten and first grade and I can totally see my students dropping a button and then just not picking it up but they are five and six years old! Big difference. Now I know why my older brother drove my mother nuts. He had many winter coats stolen because he never locked the lock on his locker. Duh.

My DS school doesn’t have lock on lockers and coats don’t get stolen.

If he wears a blazer everyday he should have more than one.

Take to dry cleaner and have it pressed.

[Anonymous]

OMG...I haven't read all the responses, but totally reasonable reaction in my mind. Your son is old enough to know better.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP again. He wears a blazer everyday to school from October until April so he knows he needs to keep it in good condition or he will get written up for a uniform violation. I teach kindergarten and first grade and I can totally see my students dropping a button and then just not picking it up but they are five and six years old! Big difference. Now I know why my older brother drove my mother nuts. He had many winter coats stolen because he never locked the lock on his locker. Duh.

My DS school doesn’t have lock on lockers and coats don’t get stolen.

If he wears a blazer everyday he should have more than one.

Take to dry cleaner and have it pressed.

That sounds nice PP but that is unusual. Every school I’ve ever worked at has had issues with theft. The worst one was the private school. Not everyone has ,only to have two of everything that is $$$.