Depressed - my kid's backpack was stolen

yorkyfan
Thu, 05 Nov 2009 06:08:41 +0000

Thanks for all the wonderful replies! My son has a new ($200! ouch!) biochemistry book and is back on track. Unfortunately he is not going to bother with the campus police. (“Mom, what is the point? This kinda of thing happens everyday here.”) We are getting him a small footlocker with a padlock and are looking into the insurance suggested here. And now he locks his room door when he showers.

Two days ago we toured Christopher Newport (small public LAC in VA) with our DD and I asked the tour guide about theft. She gave me a surprised look and said that she routinely leaves her backpack and laptop in the library while she attends class and her stuff has never been disturbed.