
I love my oldest , she is the one of the two girls that is more softhearted like me. She has lots of friends of all shapes and sizes, and if anyone ever picks on one of them she is the first one to say ,well I think you are pretty or whatever. When she was in grade 7 she was in a school with around 1500 kids or so just grades 7/8 were in it, at the end of the year she got an award for top female student in the school and top student in her grade. This year she is in grade 9 and on her own decided she wanted to join SADDwhich I was very happy about since I have always harped at the kids about how wrong it is to drink and drive,or ever get in with someone that is doing that. What I'm getting at is , she is a good girl and has never gotten in trouble at school ever or at home , other then the normal fighting with her sister and brother some. So this weekend I don't know what was worse ,what she did or the fact that I was so disappointed in her and angry .
This year for Christmas I got all three of them a really nice video mp3 player it holds 4000 pictures and 8000 songs and then it has like 16 hours of movies or something and nobody else in the school has one like the one my kids have. Her father got her and her sister each a nice digital camera . I don't buy my kids stuff all the time they are not spoiled and we are not rich , but this year they wanted new ones since their old ones were cheap and crappy and I don't mind getting them one nice thing they really want with all their other odds and ends . So Saturday I get a call from my crying freaking out 15 year old. Her mp3 player ,camera, wallet were all stolen !
I was so angry first because she knows better then to leave her purse out and not locked in a locker or wherever( she just happened to be at the pool for a party) she was there with a friend and her mom and then another friend was meeting her there and that girl was having her birthday party there ,then all the girls were going to stay at her house. So her stuff was in her friend's moms car but then they had to leave, the other mom had left to go get something and Taylor had her purse with the stuff in it and her sleeping bag and instead of waiting for the other mom so she could move her stuff to her car, she set her purse in the locker room and put her sleeping bag over it. I yelled and yelled she knows better then to do something like that! She was crying and said well nobody was in there and I thought it would be ok until her mom got back.
They are all swimming and having fun and then ,they go into change and leave and she goes to get her comb or whatever and sees her stuff is gone. While the party group were in the pool they had seen a couple girls from school that are bad come in and hang around a different area but they didn't think anything of it. So Taylor is pretty sure it was them that took her stuff since I guess they are kicked out of school at the moment and have already been to jail for stealing, which I wouldn't know anything about since they are girls she's never been friends with.
I wanted to call the parents and say my daughter's stuff went missing from the locker room on sat afternoon and since your daughter was there I was just wondering if she might have seen anything that might help us find it. That way I'm not blaming the kid but then her parents know if they see her with the stuff to ask where she got it or something. However Taylor freaked out and said no don't because she said I don't want them to beat me up . So now we are pretty sure we know who has her stuff but we can't really prove it and of course I don't want my daughter getting hurt. Yes they are just things and she said there was no money in her wallet just her student id and since it's the end of the year that doesn't really matter but my parents never gave me anything ever and anything I got as a present from whoever I always made sure I kept care of it, so I felt hurt she didn't bother to do that and I was angry because it was alot of money . Mostly though I think I'm angry and upset that there are so many kids today that just do whatever they want. I don't get why their parents can't be bothered to teach them right from wrong. In most of the cases these parents act like their kid is perfect and never does anything bad. I just don't get it I don't know why anyone would want their children to grow up and not care if they are good people or not.
Some people try to use the excuse in some cases oh the mom had her when she was really young and alone so she didn't really know how to raise the kid and never had help and whatever. BS I say , I was 15 when I moved out and was on my own and I was 19 when I had my first baby, I didn't have any family to help me and I had a husband that always was away for months at a time working ,and I taught my kids right from wrong ! Anyways I'm over it now I know she feels bad , and maybe someday those bad girls will get what's coming to them !
So how was your weekend , I hope it was better then mine !
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Oh how frustrating. I would be mad too! But it sounds like you have a good girl there - I hope my daughter is like her when she is a teenager.
You are lucky to have such a good daughter. Yes, it is irritating and frustrating that things like this happen at all. I'm sure your daughter feels horrible too. In the grand scheme of things it's relatively a minor incident--stock it up to a learning experience. I also believe in what goes around comes around. It may not be obviously apparent to the victims but it will catch up to the perpetrator eventually... Have you considered notifying the police and letting them handle the questioning of the kids known to be in the area at the time of the incident (aka: the suspects)? Good luck!
You are a great mom!!! Your daughter sounds so darling!!!! Good luck and yes "what goes around comes around." Those girls will get exactly what they deserve!!! Good Luck!
The police just acted like it wasn't important,so don't bother them. All the pawn shops have been informed though about what kind of thing it was and camera and said they will call if they get one in that matches the color and numbers,plus then they will have the little brat on cam that brings it in and then we can give that to the police,since they don't want to bother.
Bummer. Sounds like your daughter did what she thought was best, but I bet she will make a different choice next time she's in a similar situation!
Isn't it interesting how we carry around with us the most valuable things we own, but in former times they would lock away their jewels, etc. I drive the most expensive thing I own wherever I go.
Did you get my email?
I just sent you another email. Check you spam!!!!!!!!
Hahaha I did , nothing !
I'm really annoyed at the police for not taking the complaint seriously! I'd call them back and ask them, "So, if someone broke into your house and stole your camera and mp3 player, that would be ok, too?" Because it really isn't any different.
I lost something extremely valuable today, but luckily it can be easily replaced.
Hugs, and thanks for all the comments at my place. The one on "Progress" was my favorite!
Amy
Arghh, Jenn, how frustrating! It is hard for young kids to really understand what responsibility means. I think that we think they know better, but, at that age, they just don't have it all figured out yet. It is a tough lesson to be learned. She felt awful about it, I am sure. And what is worse is that there are other kids out there that have no respect for anything, including themselves, that have to steal and threaten to beat people up. Luckily I teach the little ones so I don't have to deal with that, but it does make me a bit frightened to have and raise children in today's world!
Man, how awful! :( What a way to start the summer.
What a terrible thing to happen!! AND~what an expensive lesson to learn! I understand about wanting to call up the parents. You wanna think if there is a way to see if the girls have it! I am so sorry that that happened to your daughter! I really hope she gets it back, and those girls (or whomever took it) gets a conscience!
That is a blessing that you have such a great daughter! Even with the best of parenting, though, some kids just turn sour unfortunately...maybe that is what is wrong with those girls....there are many reasons why some kids are troubled and do terrible things.
I hope she gets it back!
Some kids can be so bad... and they often grow up to be bad adults :( I am sorry your daughter (your family, for that matter) had to go thru this.
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