Just back from my daughter's game. Observed so many kids were sharing bottles from their friends. Just ridiculous. Why wouldn't they bring their own. At least some tried to not let the bottles touch their mouth by pouring or squirting. But there are many others that just didn't care and sucked from the same nozzle or spout. Just terrible.

pp here. oh yes, And I think in school, because she is in HS, they have water coolers too for those that are afraid to share. Also, while some of her closest friends drink from the nozzle (which she chews a little too by the way and her friends dont seem to mind but i'd be like eew.) I have seen them at other occasions drink by twisting the lid and pouring it into their mouth. So I guess they know their own boundaries.....

Anyway, in your case, she you don't like and this girl doesnt seem to respect boundaries, i think either you go on the side of using bottles that this girl does not fancy (maybe mineral bottles like one poster said) or getting a PTA thing going with the teacher. Post on the class blog or group page too if you have one.

Lastly, I know many kids chew on their bottles when they drink (mine still does when she is in HS!) So it may not be "vindictive" that this girl is trying to "damage" your DD's bottle but just not to respect that others may not like tooth marks on their bottles

My daughter and her boyfriend have always been sharing things like waterbottles and stuff. I think she shares it too with close friends at games and if they are friends she knows, I think its fine.

I think it's also the age group too and younger kids could be a problem. But if they are older, they know when to tell their friends they can't share. So when she had the flu the other day, she told her boyfriend not to drink from her camelbak as she she was ill.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can transmit cold sores that way.

+1

Ew. Plus, so many other things. Why are the teachers not more proactive in telling the kids NOT to share? I'd mention it. That's gross. I can't believe so many people on this post are ok with it.

Agree it's gross but not too different from going to a restaurant and you use their coffee cup? Like have you seen how they wash these cups? It's superficial. True I don't encourage it but I am not paranoid about it. She shouldn't be drinking from the spout of a bottle from another girl but a squirt into the mouth should be fine. If she gets a cold. She will still recover. Then how about kids blowing balloons or using a band instrument? Same thing too?

Anonymous wrote:Can transmit cold sores that way.

+1

Ew. Plus, so many other things. Why are the teachers not more proactive in telling the kids NOT to share? I'd mention it. That's gross. I can't believe so many people on this post are ok with it.

Anonymous wrote:Buy a 36 pack of disposable water bottles and send 2 with your child. I don't normally agree with disposable, but this is a case where this might be a good place to send a water bottle to school.

Agree this is brilliant idea. Even for kids who are going through the chewing phase. Here they are easily replaced.

Buy a 36 pack of disposable water bottles and send 2 with your child. I don't normally agree with disposable, but this is a case where this might be a good place to send a water bottle to school.

A player on my DD's soccer team wound up with mono and had to sit out the season. 6-10 weeks no activity because of her spleen. The others learned really fast about sharing!!

Anonymous wrote:Sports teams - omg, every HS team my DD was on did this - the individuals would share water bottles. They sat in a cluster, the team mates would pass their water bottle to the teammate next to them. Now they did squirt the water into their mouth (mostly) I still didnt like it. I told my DD not to do it. I talked to the coach. Mentioned it as often as I could when driving other teammates home.

Don't think what I said made any difference. My DD said it would be weird to have a "hang-up" about this. These were her team mates, her friends. She described like it had a bonding component, it's what friends do. ick.

My dd too! They did it with squirt bottles or my daughter has no problem that someone drinks from her camelbak spout or she drinking from someone else's bottle. I have nagged my dd about it outlining risks of catching something but she says I am too paranoid. I had trained my dd from young not to do this and when she got into middle/high school, all these changed and being with the group had more pull than avoiding sharing of bottles and other personal stuff. They even share towels too!! uuurrgh

Anonymous wrote:My ds had strep 8 times last year. Sharing water bottles is a big "no" for us.

Us too, I concur.

Sports teams - omg, every HS team my DD was on did this - the individuals would share water bottles. They sat in a cluster, the team mates would pass their water bottle to the teammate next to them. Now they did squirt the water into their mouth (mostly) I still didnt like it. I told my DD not to do it. I talked to the coach. Mentioned it as often as I could when driving other teammates home.

Don't think what I said made any difference. My DD said it would be weird to have a "hang-up" about this. These were her team mates, her friends. She described like it had a bonding component, it's what friends do. ick.

My kids share among themselves if it is necessary. If their BFF needs water and doesn't have any, I unscrew the top (Camelbak water bottle with bite spout) and and drinks from there and then I put the top back on for my kids.

I know most boys don't care about this. Observed it many times. They drink from each others bottles especially during games. Be it spout type or drinking ones.

Apparently this girl doesn't follow the rules.

She goes into people's bags, gets their bottles, and then lies about it. She drinks from the other child's bottle, without asking and without the other child even knowing it is happening. And she is chewing on the spout as well.

The person to handle this would be the child't teacher. However the child's teacher isn't interested in getting involved.

OP, I think the only action you can take at this point is to get several parents involved in urging the teacher to take some kind of action. There's not much you can do from home.