My boy found a phone on the way home..

yer_averagejoe said:
Don't just tell him to give it back; tell him why he should and ask him if it's the right thing to do. He'll most likely come to the right conclusion himself.
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This.

He's at the age where he will understand right or wrong, not fully as kids are kids. You and his Mum still pay for him so at that age its like whatever, money grows on trees (at least it felt like that to me at his age, no worries and all that) :p

Maybe there has been something your son has lost and never got back, question him about that and ask him whether he would have liked to get that item back and as quoted he'll realise that giving the phone back is the right thing to do.

I remember finding a pair of reading specs/glasses in the case up the southern downs when I was younger, no mud or whatever over them so recently dropped/lost and me and my Dad went down the police station to hand them in (Dads idea). We had no need for them and I could have just slung them into a bush but we took them down, handed them in and that was that.

I never did know whether the person got their glasses back but I vividly remember it and even the small hill surrounded on both sides by bushes/nettles where I found them. I look back on that memory and realise my Dad was right for doing that and for teaching me that lesson (Police station isn't close to our house) Who knows, somebody who thought they would never see their glasses again was happy, and to know that there are people out there who do the right thing :)
 
I would agree with your wife for most instances of items. But when it comes to phones or cameras or even wallets with IDs and other card. I would always try and return the item. But if he found a bag of money or something that is easily replaceable then i would say keep it. But trying to teach that to a 12 year would be difficult. Losing phone contacts and pictures and similar is annoying. Giving it to the police is a waste of time they will only do something with it if someone comes to claim it, they won't investigate the device, it will just end up in a box.

Try and access the phone, put the sim in another phone, put your sim in the phone, you might be lucky enough to get some contacts. Then make some calls and find the owner.
 
Suprised there isn't a standard for phone identification where a standard number on the lockscreen will show the owner information or is set to call a specific number i.e. owner's home telephone.
 
albert said:
I've had my nap , I'm on nightshift this week. Seriously , I think buying 12 year old kids a top of the range phone just proves how spoilt the kid is and how weak the parents are.
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Where was it said the phone was top of the line? In this day and age a 12 year old is going to want a phone as all their friends will have one, now I'm not saying buy your 12 year old a £300 iPhone but there's plenty of options that would be suitable for kids. Plus they're handy for emergencies, if your kid needed your help wouldn't you want them to be able to contact you?
 
Mark3h said:
Take your wifes phone. when she says she cant find it. Remind her that its finders keepers for whomever found it.
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This!!

Also, charge the phone, look through the phonebook for "Home", "Mum" or "Dad". Call that number or send a text to arrange the phone being sent back. As someone said earlier, losing your phone isn't just about losing a device. I'd be mortified if I lost my phone - I have loads of photos of fishing trips with my late dad and if I hadn't backed them up I'd be so upset. Think of the bigger picture.

This really frustrates me when in six years time if your kid 'finds' an open shop (London riots, anyone?) and takes a TV, he is automatically blamed for being scum, when it's actually the parents who brought them up to have that lack of morals.
 
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Tyron said:
Over reactions indeed.

Pretty sad (and childish) you advocate the OP stealing her phone to prove a point
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How is it sad and childish? It's the best way of proving a point I'd say - that is of course if he lives with his wife and it'd blow over as amicable - rather than breaking and entering your ex's house or something.
 
You are right she is wrong. End.

Hard to believe in this day and age that people still take that attitude. Now tell her to get back in the kicthen and make you some pie.
 
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