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[quote=Anonymous]OP, I read this whole thread and I think people are being really hard on you.  I don't think it's unreasonable to wonder about pressing charges.  You didn't say you were going to do it - just looking for feedback on one of your options.  I also don't think it's unreasonable to try to figure out what happened with your son - so long as you are not encouraging vigilante justice or otherwise taking matters into his  own hands.  Finally, I don't think it's unreasonable to let your son take his itouch to school.  I wonder if many of these responders actually have middle school and older kids, especially the ones who think that having an itouch is flaunting wealth. Most of my son's friends have much better electronics than he does despite the fact that their families have it more difficult than we do financially.  Electronics are simply not a measure of wealth at that age.  And, everyone takes them to school along with their cellphones.  I am in the camp of teaching your kid how to be responsible so I let mine take his cellphone to school knowing full well that at some point we may have to deal with a broken, stolen or lost phone and/or violation of the cellphone-in-school rules.  But, that's part of growing up.

One last thing is that I do hope that the kid who stole his ipod does get caught and handled through the justice system.  He's traveling down a path that's not good and clearly his family isn't aware or able to control it, so he needs some intervention if he's going to grow up to be a productive member of society.  For this reason, I do think you should report it to the school at the very least.  [/quote]

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