Parent Reports Teacher For Breaking Her Son's Confiscated Phone After Accidentally Taking It Home

Manda Garcia

You've probably been in a situation where you were caught texting, your phone rang, you were playing games, or something similar that led to your phone being taken away by a teacher in middle or high school. Teachers often confiscate phones when they're seen out during class since they're not supposed to be used.

However, incidents like these make us question the effectiveness of this "punishment. With that said, let's share another post from Reddit's AITA thread. A parent has a question about how they handled a situation where a teacher accidentally broke her son's phone. They decided to report the teacher, but now they're unsure if that was the right call. The parent explains the entire story, how they managed it, and the current issue. Scroll down to check out the details of the story.

OP asks:

Source: SWDinTheWild

Here the story goes.

Source: SWDinTheWild

The teacher took the phone home and her toddler broke it.

Source: SWDinTheWild

OP sent an email to inform the school.

Source: SWDinTheWild

OP questioned if she was being a jerk.

Source: SWDinTheWild

We've gathered some of the most upvoted comments from Redditors for you to read through below.

Source: Rage-Parrot
Source: Fattdog64

She should have reported it to the school first.

Source: Erthan-1
Source: bootiriot
Source: Moon-Queen95
Source: SoleMurias
Source: psycholpn

The teacher broke protocol.

Source: kbmeow0326
Source: Treatapple
Source: BlueRFR3100

School needs to be aware of the 'mishap'.

The majority of Redditors seem to support the parent's choice to report the teacher in this instance. What about you? We're eager to hear your take on the matter—feel free to leave a comment and join the conversation!