Malika
Well-Known Member
I am worried. J is stealing things and lying about it. We were in a pharmacy today and there was a great queue of people, took ages to get served. J was running around touching things, getting scolded by the staff. Then he was playing with a tape measure. When I had finally been served, the assistant (who really was not very sympathetic) made a big thing about where was the tape measure, where had he put it, etc? I asked J, he said (convincingly) he didn't know. In the end we just left, leaving the woman huffing and puffing and looking for the tape measure... I had a funny feeling so I insisted on seeing J's pockets once inside the car. Lo and behold, he had it... I got really angry. He just cannot do this, he has to learn it is wrong, a boundary that cannot be crossed! He then got very upset, throwing himself on me, saying Sorry, Sorry! I turned the car round and though it was hard to do, went back inside with him and gave the tape measure back - I wanted him to do it by himself but he would not. On the way back I was equally angry and he started crying, sobbing. I made him promise he will not do it again... but will he? I don't know what is driving this but I am honestly scared that this is going to just escalate and soon he won't be six years old and sweet and innocent but it'll be the police and god knows what...