Consumer Electronics/school

poppyjane

I am so cross with my daughter's school!! They're allowed to take toys in today, as it's the last day of term, and have been told they can take in consumer electronics. Now that's all well and good, but taking stuff like that to school, is about as sensible as leaving them on the dashboard of your car in my opinion. I don't have the money to replace her DS if it gets broken - although a large amount of the families in her school are very wealthy. If I didn't have a hospital appointment this morning, I'd have kept her home. I felt I had no choice but to let her take it, with her understanding it wouldn't be replaced if anything happened to it. She's NINE by the way. Is it me?? (And I'm not even mentioning the blatant consumerism that's being encouraged, or the bone idle teachers. Yes, they've got end of term stuff to tidy, but why not involve the children like I would at home??? GRRRR) Rant over!!

Jane :mad:

ragz_2

We used to take board games...
My children don't have any 'consumer electronics' other than their kiddie digital cameras and there's no way they are taking them to school.
Silly school!

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OrkneyStar

I'd just tell her 'no', and if she reacts ask her how she'd feel if it gets broken? It's quite anti-social of the school I think, if they are all sitting playing on their electronic things alone, and also quite irresponsible as they are surely just asking for things to be broken!
When DS has show and tell we talk about what he'd like to take, and also how he'd feel if a certain item was damaged/lost- not just electronic stuff but things that mean a lot to him!
I hope your daughter comes home with a working DS and that all the other kids toys are ok too.

Gigervamp

Bone idle teachers? They're hardly sitting around in the staff room drinking tea whilst the kids run riot.

I'm 50 and I remember being able to take games/toys in on the last day of term.
Having said that, I don't think it was wise of the school to allow expensive gadgets to be brought in.

tea_lover

Just because they school say they can take them in doesn't mean you have to let her. It's your decision, seems a bit of a cop out to blame the school if anything happens to it. No one is forcing you.

PenguinOfDeath

We had the same every year in the 90s, some kids brought in board games, some remote control cars, some lego, some Game Boys and Mega Drives... just let her take what you would be comfortable with, not sure why it's any different to having friends over to play with her toys?

gingin_2

It wouldn't bother me in the slightest. I'd just say no like I have done about many things many times, she has plenty of other fun things she can take in instead. I think I know the majority of children and their parents on some level in my daughter's class and they'd do the same.

Rereading this are you serious that this is bone idleness on the part of the teachers? I can't believe you'd think so little of them for what is supposed to be a goodwill gesture on the last day of term.

lika_86

Agree with what's said above, just because they're letting them doesn't mean you have to send her with an electronic toy.

In any event, I'd have thought this was the opportunity to play some good games which involve several people rather than a DS which she probably spends time playing on her own at home anyway.

The best games to take in are simple, very few rules and ones that don't take forever. I remember (being younger than your daughter) taking in Bridge Buster every year http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFVcfXFhwxc and it was always really popular because of those reasons (plus I don't think it was one of those games that everyone had).

Person_one

Um, if you don't want her to take it don't let her take it. Its really that simple.

'Toy day' at the end of term has been happening for donkeys years, and its always been up to the parents to decide what they were happy to risk going into school.

Tiddlywinks

Believe it or not there are children that may have games consoles but don't have traditional toys... their parents just aren't that attentive. Just give them a gadget and shove them in their room... no need to play with them or interact more than is necessary.

That is probably why the school made the decision to allow these gadgets to be brought in.... so as not to exclude those kids.

You had a choice to let your daughter take any of her toys... so why let her take her DS? Why not just tell her to take a game instead.

Why are you angry about being given the choice when you could have just said 'no'?