Here's a parenting dilemma for you

My Kid is at a graduation party at the house of one of his friends. Of course I make him take his cell phone with him. He takes it out of his pocket to swim or play volleyball or something and lays it on a table. You see where this is going, right? Yeah, when he comes back the $200 phone is GONE.

So the mom of the girl having the party makes him call home and tell me that someone took his phone. My first suggestion was to call it. He said it's off - I don't know if that means he had it turned off or whoever took it turned it off and now it's going straight to voicemail. Then I asked if anyone's left the party yet, and the mom said no.

So now I'm at a complete loss for what to do. I feel like the mom has a certain responsibility here. If I were hosting a party for My Kid's friends and someone came and told me their phone had gone missing, you better believe no one would be leaving that party until the phone turned up. Am I right?

So what do I do now? Do I go over to the party and personally search each and every kid? Do I stand outside while parents are picking up their children and tell them what happened and ask for their assistance? Maybe get a list of all the kids' names and call their parents? You know if you do that, they're going to think you're accusing their child and you probably won't get much help from them.

Big Daddy, on the other hand, doesn't feel at a loss at all. He's on his way over there to find the fucking phone, dammit. Don't know how he's going to accomplish that exactly. But seriously, what would you do?

UPDATE: So, Big Daddy did not, in fact, find the fucking phone dammit. When he got to the party, everyone was looking for the phone. They were literally going through the trash and everything. It never did turn up. Big Daddy didn't stay too long as he felt his presence was kind of embarrassing My Kid. I called T-Mobile and had the service on the phone suspended. Around 7:30 that night Big Daddy & I went to buy My Kid a new phone. B.D. didn't want K. to think it was his fault or that his dad was angry with him. This time we got the damn thing INSURED. Which means we can replace it for $70.

When I went to pick up My Kid from the party around 9, the parents were extremely apologetic. They felt really bad. The mom told me that about 5 phones were sitting together on the table, covered with a towel so they wouldn't get splashed while the kids were in the pool. Then they told me that this neighbor of theirs - a young guy in the service who they don't really know at all - had loaned them his stereo equipment for the party. Turns out he made a very low-key exit from the party right about the time Big Daddy showed up. The family suspects that it must have been him. One other reason - My Kid's phone wasn't even the most expensive one sitting there. There was also one girl's Sidekick. But think about it: would a grown man want a Sidekick?

Anyway, what's done is done. We've reported it stolen w/ T-Mobile and their policy is if someone brings that phone in to activate it, they call the police. Love it! Kid's got a new phone that's insured and he's been given strict instruction not to let it out of his sight AND not to turn the ringer off unless he's in church.