Some schools, particularly the Catholic-run schools prohibit their students to wear jewelry in school. This is especially true with trinkets that are made of gold or silver. A simple watch would do for this is a necessity and not much of a luxury.

For children with developmental disabilities, it is also important that if they have to wear jewelry, they should know how to take care of these valuable things because small things like pencils get lost or are gotten from them, what more with these things with more monetary value.

I remember an older brother of a student who used to wear a Swiss wristwatch to school and to think he was only in high school then looks a bit too impressive for me. But as a parent and a teacher, there are doubts and “what ifs” just in case this expensive watch gets lost or he gets bullied and has to give up the watch?

It could be too that his classmates too wear timepieces like his watch or maybe Jaeger.

Still, what would parents say if these kinds of valuable things get lost? Should they put the blame on the child or on themselves? Should they make the child feel guilty for not taking care of something valuable?

The questions would probably better not asked if only the children were not given such things in the first place, even if they insisted.

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