I am sure you already know this by now after the journal accidentally being taken to school, but I think I would take some very artistic ability & draw all over your journal book that it is MOM's JOURNAL....PRIVATE PROPERTY.....that way your son won't accidentally pick it up as a book for scratch paper. Those composition notebooks are all so generic.....that would make it personally yours without this accident happening again.

Hope your chat with your T on Tuesday went well & you got some feedback on how best to handle this situation.

Debbie