Home | How It Works | Stats Login | Register         Case: Caught Red Handed In my Kindergarten class I have an area with various toys for students to play with during their free time. I noticed that one little boy, we will call him Drew enjoyed playing with the match box cars. I only had a few and noticed that they kept going missing. Now, I thought they were somewhere in the classroom and they would turn up but in the mean time, I went out and purchased a few more boxes of cars. Now, when Drew was leaving I went to give him a hug goodbye and noticed his pockets were full. I asked what he had. He refused to answer. His mom took the match box cars out of his pocket. I spoke to Drew and said that I just bought those cars for the classroom and they had to stay in the class. The parent said jumped in and said I was mistaken and they are his cars.. ( they are not) ..and became angry at me. Fast forward, now I have no cars in the classroom because they all "disappeared"... Help? Solution: (Rates are posted for this solution!) This is a touchy subject. I would be very irritated at the parent for blatantly lying. It is setting such a horrible example. That child knew they were not his, but if he hears his mom say that they are then he may think that this is an acceptable behavior. I understand that she doesn't want him to be labeled as a thief, but it isn't any better to be labeled as a liar. I agree with a lot of the comments saying the cars should have his name on them. I think it would be a better idea to put an identifying mark on them, but something not noticeable like a dot or a smiley face. Something small and discreet. I do not agree with displaying a receipt. I don't think that would solve anything, and antagonize the parent even more.