Post by musiclover on Jul 23, 2014 21:56:01 GMT -5
Would you send your child to school with a backpack that has his name on it? I'm feeling like 99% no because of how creepy strangers could use that information in shady ways. Only asking because he has this adorable ll bean back pack that SIL bought him and I bet it would be perfect for K this fall. I'm thinking about covering his name with a decorative cute patch thing from the fabric store. Thoughts?
I would use a backpack with A's name on it. . I think unless they are walking home alone from school you are good. I also think strangers could spend a minute near a kid and learn their name from a teacher or friend.
Yeah, I would, and do. His name AND address is on his school backpack. It's required. Also, we walk to school every day so any kidnappers can just follow us right home!!
I teach kinder and would definitely send S to school with a monogram or name on her backpack. We make backpack name tags on the first day of school. In my 11 years of teaching, we have only had one parent in the grade level ever say anything about not feeling comfortable with her child's name on the backpack.
Post by EnchantedSoul on Jul 23, 2014 22:24:13 GMT -5
DS1 had his name on his PB backpack for K, 1st and 2nd grade. In 3rd grade he didn't want it on there. We drive him to and from school, though. I might think twice if he took a bus.
DS1 had his name on his PB backpack for K, 1st and 2nd grade. In 3rd grade he didn't want it on there. We drive him to and from school, though. I might think twice if he took a bus.
This is kind of where I am on the paranoia level of things. We live 5 blocks from where Zoe will probably go to K-4. We'll walk her to and from school everyday, anyways, like @starbound.
Post by musiclover on Jul 23, 2014 22:29:04 GMT -5
A will take the bus to and from school so it really should not even be a concern, I just always tend be more cautious. I've even told him that we will come up with a secret code word that only DH and I will know, so if someone tries to talk to him and or try to take g home, they'd have to know this secret word.
If he was going to be walking home by himself, I wouldn't. Granted, I'm not a huge fan of monogrammed/personalized stuff anyway, but I still wouldn't. We had several incidents in the last couple of years with men trying to get to kids as they were walking home. I wouldn't want to make it easier for them by enabling them to pretend they know her.
I would never for a second worry about the name on/consider strangers! I mean... It would be easy to find everything out about us with some mild stalking.
1. Follow us home 2. Check mail in mailbox for name 3. Listen closely while I yell "MATILDA, STOPPPPP THAT" a million times
I honestly never would have thought twice about it, but my mom put that worry in my mind. I didn't put her name on the toddler bag I got her, but I might do a monogram.