by OnYx

Created on: April 17, 2008

I have a nine year old son,and I know what can go on in backpacks. My son became very protective over his backpack,and did not want me to touch it.I thought at first that it could have been drawings or those cute little "love letters" that we all have been gulity of as a child.I didn't want to invade his privacy,so I didn't bother to look.I was cleaning his room one day,and I seen that he had been throwing half of this homework into his closet;along with some graded papers that he didn't want me to see.I confronted him immediately and made him stay inside that day;complete all of the homework that i found,and I also signed all of the old graded papers;along with writing a letter to the teacher informing her of what happened.The next day,I got a call from my son's teacher to set up a parent/teacher conference.At the conference we talked about what he done,and what could be done about it.The teacher and I decided that she would write out his homework assignments on a sheet of paper,that way I will know exactly what he had for homework.Then,everyday after school my son began giving me the homework sheet,and it seemed to be going well.About a month later,I noticed that my son had some items in his room,that I didn't remember buying for him.I asked him where did he get the items from.He told me that friends let him borrow them,and he would return them.I didn't think much about it at first,but it seemed like the items wasn't getting returned, and they began to build up in his room.So,one morning when he went to school,I cleaned his room;gathered all of the items,put them into a bag,and went to the school.When i arrived at the school,I told the secertary that I needed to speak to the teacher.The secertary called the teacher down to the office,and to my suprize some of these items was items that other parents had called the school looking for because they thought their child lost them.I found out that my child was stealing other children's belongings,and I was very upset.I never would have thought that my child would do something like this.This time,my child was called down to the principal's office,for a parent/teacher/principal meeting.I informed the teacher and the principal that I really did not want to look into my son's backpack,but I was going to have to,because it was becoming a serious problem.Ever since I started looking into my son's backpack everyday,he hasn't try to hid his homework,or steal anymore.I now believe that it is very important for a parent to check their child's backpack each day,for important notes from the teacher,or other things that thier child may be hiding.If your child slides by with something simple in the beginning,it may progess into something bigger,just as it did in this case.

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