I wear mine around my neck too! Alot of the kids at my school who had tamagotchis first had their screens all scratched up so when I finally got mine I started wearing it around my neck. Funny thing is that all the kids wear their tamagotchis around their neck now too. I'm a trend setter. Whoo hoo!No.When I'm out of the house I wear them around my neck so it'd be hard for someone to snatch it without my knowing.Nobody comes into the house that would have any interest in my tamagotchis and on the off chjance someone came in that would I would make it clear that if they so much as thought about stealing any of them I would beat them until they stopped thinking concious thoughts.