his to school also. When her Mom found out after school they went to the school and took the thing out of her desk. Now 2 years later my niece snuck hers to school again on friday and decided to let this other little boy keep her PSP for a few days. My SIL gets a call from the little boys parents saying that from the programs that are on the PSP that it belongs to their son and that they don't want to accuse another child of stealing but the psp that my niece loaned their son is really his own. It seems that the little boy lost his 2 yrs ago and he did but he told my niece a year ago when they we started scool again in the fall that he lost it in Vegas over the summer.
The parents of the boy "don't" know what to do and my SIL thinks that my niece should get the PSP back because, between the 2 kids her daughter never lost one and if the mix up was found out now, they could just switch back - but that's not an option now because the little boy lost his.
How should my SIL handle this?
2007-05-26 07:29:24 · 13 answers · asked by kboersch 1 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Grade-Schooler
If they mixed their up two years ago and they have had each others for two years and the boy lost what he thought was his and was really your nieces he would have been responsible for being the one to loose it. If the parents of the boy feel this psp was originally their sons and want him to have it because of the programs it contains they are responsible to buy your niece a new one. When your niece gets hers replaced in what ever manner they need to mark it permanently with her name. Both my children have them and they both have identifying marks there will be no mistaking who the belong too!
2007-05-26 07:41:04 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I agree, if the boy had a PSP even after the initial switch up, and lost it in a totally separate event only a year ago, then they can't switch back because he has nothing to "switch." I guess if those parents feel dead set on having the original PSP back then they could go buy a brand new one to give your neice to replace the one their son lost.
Another way to look at it:
If I have a $5 bill and you have 5 $1 bills we both have 5 bucks. If we were to trade so that I had the 5 $1s and you had the $5 we would still each have $5. If you then lost your $5 bill, you could not claim that you were the rightful owner of the 5 $1s and so I had to give them to you and be left with $0.
As far as how she should handle it:
They need to make sure that everyone is in agreement of the timeline of how events occurred. Then she should make her argument that her daughter cannot be left PSP-less and that if they want their original PSP back they'll need to replace one for her daughter. If they can't agree on a timeline it will make things a bit more difficult (as in, "Your daughter actually lost her PSP 2 years ago, then stole our sons and passed it off as her own so that she wouldn't have to tell you that she lost hers" or something like that).
2007-05-26 07:48:57 · answer #2 · answered by Heather Y 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
She should let the other kid keep it and avoid the argument all together. She can use it as a form of punishment since her daughter took the PSP to school without permission, kids should be taught that it's not okay to be sneaky like that. Then your SIL could have her daughter earn a new one, she could have a chart and put marks when the little girl behaves well and take away marks when she misbehaves. When she gets enough marks, she gets a new PSP. The first time she sneaks off with the new PSP, it should be confiscated and put away.
2007-05-26 11:44:41 · answer #3 · answered by nimo22 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
both kids should not have their PSPs any longer. School is not the place to take those things period and if they can't follow school rules then they need to face the consequences. If I were the teacher I would have confiscated the games, returned them to the parents in the beginning and told the parents that the next time they showed up in school they would not be returned.
2007-05-29 07:24:32 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is pretty simple.
Your niece should not have a PSP. If you are going to get a child something that expenisive and not expect it to get lost, then you are doomed. Kids shouldn't be trusted with that responsiblity, but, scence she was, then she needs to be held up to it. Your neice let him borrow her PSP, and it turned out to be his in the first place. Her mother should simply explain to her that it is gone, and that she needs to be responsible for her things.
Thats all it comes down to.
She will never learn responsiblity if she isn't held accountable for her actions.
2007-05-26 08:15:35 · answer #5 · answered by Katie F 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Frankly I think both kids should get thier PSP taken away for good. What the heck are they taking them to school for?!? They are there to learn- not play games. And why would the parents let kids take an expensive item like that out of the house anyway? I'd say this is a good lesson in responsibility.
2007-05-26 07:39:15 · answer #6 · answered by Tracy P 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I think your niece should pay her parents back for losing her PSP and she just learned a tough lesson on why you don't bring expensive things to school with you!
2007-05-29 07:37:22 · answer #7 · answered by Amy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Obviously you have alot of money if you buy a 1st grader a PSP. So buy her a new one. That will teach her some responsibility. Your niece or her parents shouldn't fight for what was hers to begin with.
2007-05-26 11:47:26 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Buy a new one for your niece that will solve the problem. Let this little boy have the 2+year old system. Then tell them to just let this go then tell your niece to stop taking her games to school.
2007-05-26 07:40:44 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
One question. What in the heck is she doing giving a 1st grader a psp?!
I think this is just a lesson. face the facts.
2007-05-26 09:42:19 · answer #10 · answered by chattydarby 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋