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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here. Hygiene issues aside and clearly from the responses, you have people with differing views on how big a deal it is drinking from another persons bottle.

We personally wouldn't share our drinks and bottles especially if they are those that you would have to suck on from nozzles. But if someone was really really in need, I really wouldn't mind sharing it for the day, wouldn't drink from it for the day but there is nothing a wash in the dishwasher wouldn't resolve.

I don't think my daughter needed to be taught that if you were borrowing someone's bottle or even anything that doesn't belong to you, you will use it respectfully though! you wouldn't just chew on the nozzle and leave a lot of your own tooth marks on it right? I have seen my daughter borrow someone else's DS for example and made a conscious effort not to let it get scratched because it is not hers! or a book and made sure it had no dog ears. Here, I think she just assumed that she could do whatever she liked. And she is not that "young" anymore! If she was 3 and chewed a bottle, I wouldn't have made a big deal out of it!

The second problem I have is that some kids are not taught that if someone says to you Stop, you stop. So our "please don't drink from my bottle", should mean you stop drinking from other people's bottle! And that's what I wanted to grab the mother to speak on. She would have to learn to respect other people's property and learn what is the meaning of no. No sneak around and use something when someone is not looking.

Third, the school didn't bother to intervene nor speak as part of authority to tell this girl that she should not be using someone's stuff without permission. We knew it happened because deep teeth marks started appearing on my daughter's bottle! It is also absolutely disgusting that this girl didn't have a care on using someone's property and especially if it was a new bottle too!

And now clearly, the bottle is so chewed it is unbelievable that it is just only about a month old! (and its a good sturdy branded bottle!) My daughter had hers for 2.5 years and it has wear but not to that extent! But clearly this was some child who did not treasure her own things even when it was given to her. Its an attitude really.....

Oh well and we are just hoping that when we come back in the fall, she will stay well clear of my daughter's things![/quote]

Sorry, I got about 3 paragraphs in and then I fell asleep. [/quote]

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