Thank you for the suggestions. I placed a call to the home and found out gfgd still has the bag I bought her, she just chose to draw in ink all over it and her school has taken exception to the drawings....very morbid, severed bloody hands, hearts dripping blood, that type of stuff....so because she knew the school policy, I am not replacing it....told them to tell her turn the bag inside out.
The clothes she "requires" are to replace the stuff she left sitting in a washer, all wet, for several days and can't get the smell of mold out of them now....I said I am willing to provide clothing up to the amount of $50 but that it will not all be black and ripped(her jeans, tees, and coat were over $500 that she destroyed) and that there is a perfectly good winter coat waiting here at home for her should she need it(the previous one having been ripped at the seams and the down fill removed by her)....
As for school supplies....nada....I had already given her an entire box full to get her through the new term and still have the receipts if they need to see them....I keep every receipt, some go back 15 yrs....they said well she does need them now but I am standing firm....the art supplies(acrylic paints, watercolour, oil, pastels,artist sketchbooks, etc etc were $$$$$$$$$$$!)....
I don't like seeing any of my kids go without but having to replace things that were wilfully destroyed because she is too immature to care for her things is too much....her cds were thrown on the floor and she'd walk on them!!!
As a mom....and we all do it....we deny ourselves so our kids are provided for but I am learning that I have needs to and it's okay to have them met too.
Carolanne
