Would you pay for the child's coat?

before_hollywood

jellyhead wrote: »

Some of the coats in m and m direct are daft prices, at full price I mean, not the discounted price. Some of the helly hansen children's coats cost 80-100!

they actually do cost that as well, i just hope no-one buys their kids a berghaus, a proper adult one at full price is about £300 :eek:

mine was *cough* £15 from *cough* matalan

clareyocs

jellyhead wrote: »

My son goes to school in £6 coats too - I've had to sew up a few! They go missing too, even with his name on. A primary child just needs a coat to be waterproof, warm enough, and possibly have a reflective strip.

I bought my nephew a £6 coat reduced to £3!!
This was because
1) he is a boy
2) boys play and fall
3) if anything happens to it then it can be replaced

I would not pay anything towards the coat, it was an accident and to send a child into school with a coat that cost that much is STUPID!
and no doubt the child likes to say how much his beloved coat cost!!!!

jellyhead

These kids are in year 6? Will they be going to the same high school?

I think the bullying of your boy should be dealt with, poor kid - it's your decision to pay or not and he shouldn't be bullied for that!

mspig

One of my sons takes his Asda £6 coat to school, his regatta coat stays at home just incase it gets ripped, has paint etc poured on it or goes missing, my eldest at high school won't wear a coat.
I would say shes daft for letting her son go to school in a coat worth that amount and she has to take some of the blame for the rip herself - as if she didn't send him in the dear coat it wouldn't of got ripped. I would refuse to pay and let her call you all the names under the sun, just let it be like water off a ducks back.

RoxieW

I'm going to go against the grain here and say that I'd be furious if my son had been dragged along a playground by two other boys, whether it was their turn with the hoop or not. I'd be annoyed at the ripped coat but that would be a secondary concern.
Both my sons have £60 coats which they wear for school. They wear their coats every day of the winter months - normally for 2 years as the eldests gets handed down - so I want them to have something hard wearing, warm, practical and stylish that they can wear for all occasions. If their coats got ripped in this way I would be mighty cheesed off as it;s unnecessary. All this boys will be boys and rough play wouldnt really wash. If I've read it right they're in year 6 so old enough to know better in my book.
Fair enough, accidents happen but the circumstances here arent accidental. They were annoyed because they wanted the hoop so they snatched it from the child and dragged him across the playgound with it. What's accidental about that?
That said, I prob wouldnt ask for the money but this womans obviously got more balls than me lol. I'd certainly have a good old moan about it and a word with the teacher!

Poppy9

I thought the only reason boys took coats to school was to use as goals when playing football:rolleyes:

allIcouldwishfor

Poppy9 wrote: »

I thought the only reason boys took coats to school was to use as goals when playing football:rolleyes:

:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:
That's certainly all my son's coat gets used for - it spends more time on the playground than on his back!!

shirlgirl2004

The thing that gobsmacks me the most is that people think dragging another child around the playground is OK because they are all boys. No wonder that children don't know how to behave!

jackiegibbo

shirlgirl2004 wrote: »

The thing that gobsmacks me the most is that people think dragging another child around the playground is OK because they are all boys. No wonder that children don't know how to behave!

I dont think its ok to drag a child along the ground but these things happen in the playground

spinning_hamster_wheel

shirlgirl2004 wrote: »

The thing that gobsmacks me the most is that people think dragging another child around the playground is OK because they are all boys. No wonder that children don't know how to behave!

....or the kid with the hula hoop could have accepted he had to share and just handed it over so the others could get a turn, no doubt he is a carbon copy of his mum and totally used to getting his own way :rolleyes: