I hate it! My girls will do it too but we've had things stolen and broken so they've learnt their lesson now and rarely ask. I have always told them they can only take 1 item and nothing of any real value, but despite that other kids still seem to want it more than my girls do so they have stolen things and broken others. Trust me when I say most teachers don't like it either. When I was on prac there were a few times when I had to referee arguments over things that had been brought from home. If they bring in an item for their news, then that it placed in a drawer in the teachers desk. It blows my mind at some of the toys people let their kids take to school though!