DSi Missing from Kids Club.

Katinkka

My sons attend a kids club a couple of afternoons a week and some days in the holidays. They were there on this past Monday. My son took his DSi in the morning as some of the children play them together in the afternoons. We forgot to take it home on the Monday. It sometimes happens and I expected to pick it up on the Wednesday. Unfortunatly they are saying now that it isn't there and we must have taken it home. We did NOT take it home and it and the charger are missing. My son says he left it on the table and a member of staff put it on the shelf.

The staff are so rude to me. Well they are notoriously rude to everyone but they won't let me look myself and they just told me 'well we aren't responsible for belongings...' I can accept that to a point but my younger son is pointing the finger at another boy saying he took it. The staff say that's impossible. 'All the kids have them so why would anyone steal one...'

I'm pretty angry about it. Those things are expensive.

My question is, what would you do in this situation and is it possible to report it as a theft to the police?

gingin_2

Have you tried going higher up the management chain?

But really, what can you expect the to do? They can't go round making accusations based on your suspicions.

It's madness to leave a child responsible for something so expensive and maybe the staff should review their policy on whether things like that are allowed.

[Deleted User]

I would say you need to accept some responsibility yourself, by sending your child with an expensive toy to a kids club, where I would expect them to provide their entertainment, you are putting yourself in a position where it will get stolen.

Maybe you should speak to the manager about the toy and request their permission to look personally though.

There was a thread about this sort of thing a while back, i'm unsure how that was concluded, might be worth you searching though.

Good luck and i hope you find it.

ska_lover

Totally besides the point, but why would you send you child to a kids club with rude staff??!!

pigpen

As a parent... ultimately it is your own fault for letting him take it! My children tried the 'but everyone else takes theirs'.. I don't care.. everyone else is going naked next Tuesday are you?

My 6 y/o isn't even allowed to take hers to her dads!!!

I'd notch it up to experience and learn from it and when it is replaced at christmas or a birthday because it is too expensive just to buy a new one it stays at home because you and he now know what happens!

Katinkka

ska_lover wrote: »

Totally besides the point, but why would you send you child to a kids club with rude staff??!!

I know, I might have to call it a day with them soon. Especially if this DSi doesn't turn up. I use the care there to help lighten the load on myself as I have an autistic boy that is a huge handfull right now. But I can probably manage without it.

I totally appreciate that it's partly my responsibility but I think they could take it a little more seriously, they are just brushing me off about it. If they are sure it's not in the building (and management won't let me look) then someone took it. And theft isn't something that should just be brushed over because 'people can't be held responsible'.

WHen I asked to have a look round myself (politely!) I was told that they wouldn't ask to look in my house and who's to say it's not there...

mum2one

The thing is thou I can see where your coming from its peer pressure, I would go further up the management chain and also reprt it to the police, they may just give you a crime ref number, but it may be enough to ruffle feathers, you could always ask if the area was covered by cctv, and ask for it to be reviewed.
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bestpud

Will they let you type a short note to go home with each child, asking if anyone has taken it home by mistake?

I've never met a childcare provider who won't allow parents on the premises before... Not sure I'd be happy with that.

Is there places it could go unnoticed? If it's just a hall, then it would be hard to miss it, I guess.

I think you will probably have to let it go but I understand how frustrating it is for you.

Why did he have his charger, out of interest? I'd have left that at home so anyone who pinched it, would at least have to buy something to charge it with.

ska_lover

Katinkka wrote: »

WHen I asked to have a look round myself (politely!) I was told that they wouldn't ask to look in my house and who's to say it's not there...

Oh good god - how rude! sounds to me like they have something to hide!

Counting_Pennies_2

ska_lover wrote: »

Oh good god - how rude! sounds to me like they have something to hide!

I agree, big flag.

Is there anywhere else you could use for after school club?

onlyroz

Sorry, but I think it's madness to have let him take it in the first place, and I'm surprised that the club let you. My son's holiday club have a big "no way" on expensive gadgets for exactly this reason. What do you seriously expect them to do about it? Strip-search and interrogate everybody?