Do your kids have "named" jackets/numnahs?

I'd never have a named jacket :D
Just incase I either get married (long shot but hey!), change my name (again) or buy another horse.
Logos and Business names look really good though, Kao has his own logo and so have I. It's a neat way to still have your name, only not in full, and your horses name.
 
At first I thought woah that is really creepy, but then realised that when at school I had a waterproof jacket with my name on it, my PE shirt had my name on it, leaver's hoodie etc..and now at uni the majority of my netball stuff has my name on it somewhere..so that worry wouldn't be my first thought about having named jackets, I think people can quite easily find out names other ways aswell.
and btw I want an embroidered saddle pad (christmas list perhaps) and I'm 21 :D
 
Both my daughter's horses have 1 nice numnah with their names on it but I'd never let her have one of those embroidered jackets, thought I must admit I'd never thought of the security aspect til now.
 
my horse has her showname on her numnah.

purely as i wanted it.. not to promote as shes not good enough lol.

i want a jacket with my name on....but i think after you hit 16...its sad.
 
When I was a kid, my sister always got to have things (like hair slides, pens, etc) with her name on it as she has a normal name. I never got to as my name is too foreign so I always got things with "Special" stamped on it :P

Now I'm an adult and can afford to have my foreign name embroidered all over my pink tack. My friend's 13 year old daughter who keeps her lil b*st*rd pony at my field has her name embroidered on things but she has sense not to go off with any strangers.
 
oh oh oh proud mum time and please allow this for me - my daughter is captain of uni equestrian team and got a sponsor- company she as worked for for last 3 yrs and they gillets look amazing and company is being brilll for team :) - am i proud oh yes shes worked so hard to raise the team within uni and its been noticed by president oh im proud go go girl xxxx
 
i have one, and its pink. shoot me now.
i use it around the yard, and at shows, sometimes out hacking.
i dont really care if people know my name, so what? if i am about to go into a show ring my name is in the schedule and announced. people at my yard know my name..... i dont see how a name is such a danger tbh
when i go hacking i wear a tabard anyway, so people cant read my name if they wanted to!
 
I'm a bit old for one, but I wouldnt want everyone to know the name of the person who fell off backwards/sideways/over the head. I do have the horses name on a numnah though, for she never puts a foot wrong lol!
 
This is wierd....I don't understand what difference it makes if they know your name? :/ to be fair though, my dad had always told me never to speak to strangers so I didn't. Surely this applies to most children?
And I have to say we got team hoodies last year at PC with names on one side of the chest....and its really really annoying!! At 17 having people trying to read your name..there...all the time is slightly disconcerting lol
 
It's a name, not their address and telephone number with times the parents will be out :/

If someone is a peodophile (let's not beat around the bush, that's what we're talking about) and they see a vulnerable child, then knowing their name or not is unlikely to make much difference. If your child is young enough to be vulnerable then they shouldn't be left alone/ in a dangerous situation like that. If they are old enough to hack out alone, then having their name on the back of their jacket is going to make no difference.

It does look horrible and tacky though and i cringe whenever i see it.
 
I would never allow my children to wear jackets with their names emblazened across the back and I tend to think "who the ******* do you think you are?" of those that do. Tacky and chavvy IMO.
 
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sazzle44 said:
This is wierd....I don't understand what difference it makes if they know your name? :/ to be fair though, my dad had always told me never to speak to strangers so I didn't. Surely this applies to most children?
And I have to say we got team hoodies last year at PC with names on one side of the chest....and its really really annoying!! At 17 having people trying to read your name..there...all the time is slightly disconcerting lol
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Really? (To your first paragraph) Think on. Being in a club is one thing, solitary is another.

Got example, child with name on jacket out hacking alone. "Hi Stacey, how you doing?" "I work with your father/Uncle/cousin" (Cue when a mistake is made 'Oh sorry of course I know your cousin, here was me thinking he was your Uncle der..."

But to make another point, google is a great thing, first name of a 14 year old child with full family name in an area and BINGO Bobs your Uncle!! They can consider schools, clubs, times where they are with friends outdoors. Child Predators are and can be very precise people.
 
gnubee said:
I think it looks quite tacky most of the time, but I doubt it constitutes a serious safety risk. Strangers can pick up a childs name from any number of places if they choose to (from friends/parents shouting it out even if ALL written sources were eliminated).

Someone knowing your name is only a risk if you are inclined to trust that any adult who know it can teach you what to do. Wierd men can talk to children regardless of whether they know their names, and a child that is old enough to go out on their own really ought to have been taught enough about the risks that they dont go beyond polite conversation with someone just because that someone happens to know their name.


The vast majority of child abductors know their victims first anyway, so I think there are far more useful steps people could be taking to protect their children (perhaps one of them being putting them out there in named gear all the time so they clearly get the message that someone knowing your name doesnt mean they are safe)!
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^^ Voice of reason at last :)

it's personal taste about the jackets, I don't like them and think they look a bit sad unless your part of a team...having Kate & Sparkey slapped on your back in glitter esp when they are rubbish is even sadder!!!
This is just another thing for people to get hysterical and paranoid about.
As above, most children know their attacker and there are many ways freaks can find out names.
Don't get me wrong, I apprechiate that child saftey is highly important but don't throw away Kate and Sparkeys jacket, that they love away just because of adult paranoia, maybe just limit them to wearing it around the stables?!!?

Ps...there could be (male and female) wierdos at shows as well...just because they are horsey doesn't me there not out there!!!!
 
I may well be missing the point here, but if the child was sensible enough to be wearing a florescent, it would have covered up her name, thus this post not then needed.

bexcy-bee x
 
I think its a good point well made, some people will use anything to gain access to or abuse kids, so anything that keeps them a little safer - is surely only a good thing??
 
Kitsune said:
I think its a good point well made, some people will use anything to gain access to or abuse kids, so anything that keeps them a little safer - is surely only a good thing??
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^ ^ that

I have a saddle cloth embroided with both mine and my horses name, but I'm 18 and arranged it all myself, I also only use it in the school or for special occasions, I couldn't imagine putting my full name on the back of a coat and going out like it, maybe I'm too uptight! It all seems a bit fashionable amongst younger people right now, no one on my yard has one, and I'm the youngest there which is probably why!
 
I have mine and my ponies name on a lot of my things and im 14.
And I'm not going to get rid of it just because some man might stop me in the road and know my name.
While im on a horse whats this man going to do anyway?
Im old enough to know not to talk to strangers or get in the car with them or anything like that.
Loads of people have their names on their clothes, such as the lifeguard hoodies you can get with your name on, and other things not just horse riders..
 
Kitsune said:
Pull you off your horse and abduct you?? Good grief, where are your parents? Maybe direct them to this thread and see what they think.
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If someone is inclined to do that, how does knowing a name affect them? You don't have to know someone's name to get that pause they would need, a quick 'excuse me, you dropped something' or similar would do that just as well.

ETA presumably everyone who is extremely concerned about this also refers to their children only by code names in public? In case someone should overhear their child's name?
 
I just think it can add an edge, I'd be much more inclined to stop if someone called my name - rather than "oi" or something. In fact I probably would stop, whereas I wouldn't to oi or hello..

And once you've stopped you are a much easier target in my mind.

I don't put my dogs name on its collar because I think it gives people more ease to steal them, so my kid wouldn't be trotting round with their name on them!
 
I'm long past being a child, but if childrens parents are ok with their child going about with the name on the back of their jacket, then that is there business. It makes no difference whatsoever as to whether people slow/stop to speak with you when you're riding.
A guy out running one evening in the summer stopped to yell at me from across the street for riding on the roads and causing "chaos" to traffic despite the fact that there were only he & I there!! He didn't know my name, nor was it or the horses name blazened across any of our gear. If he was so inclined he could have nipped over the road and dragged me off - child or not, it could happen to anybody riding out alone, name or no name.

Just make sure lone riders have got a pair of lungs that can be heard for a 50mile radius!!!
 
if your child is young enough to be taken by someone about they know there name then should they really be out by themselve.

if they are old enough to be riding out by themselves then they should be old enough to tell the stranger to go away and to ride of in a differant direction.

im 20 i know kids out who are 10 or 12 who hack out by themselves. i think thats more of an issue then names on jackets. these kids should be under suppervision. they would be anywere else.
 
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