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difficult child Stole $63.00 from a fundraiser!
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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 382536" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>I think most kids try to steal at some point. You handled it very well. It IS hard for a kid to see all that $$ during a fundraiser. </p><p> </p><p>When my kids stole they had to return the item AND pay for it, or if they stole $$ they had to pay back double the amount. </p><p> </p><p>Jessie stole gum when she was 4 - and got it all over her hair, her bed and the carpet in her room!!! She refused to talk to the person at the grocery to say she was sorry so I took her to the police station to see what happens when people steal. It was a tiny police station with just one cell. They had someone in it so she just got a lecture from the officers, but she saw a glimpse of the man behind bars and it sure scared her from ever doing THAT again! </p><p> </p><p>Wiz tried shoplifting as a teen. The first time we drove him back to the store and the manager didn't even CARE, in spite of signs all over the store. It was a dollar store and she was a teenager - mostly she said she didn't want to do the paperwork it would mean for her. Grrrr. Then he stole from my FAVORITE used bookstore!!! I took him back and he had to go and tell then what he did. The lady they had him talk to was AWESOME. She really talked with him. Made him THINK. It made a HUGE difference. And I became a favorite customer - with all kinds of benefits including invites to private sales!! It is reall HARD to be added to that list - takes more than shopping there often or spending lots of $$. You have to impress them somehow, and/or be a good friend of an employee.</p><p> </p><p>Wiz is even welcome there now. He is very careful to not do anything that could look like stealing, esp there. </p><p> </p><p>Stealing is a tough issue that most kids learn the hard way. Hopefully your difficult child has learned his lesson now - you handled it really well!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 382536, member: 1233"] I think most kids try to steal at some point. You handled it very well. It IS hard for a kid to see all that $$ during a fundraiser. When my kids stole they had to return the item AND pay for it, or if they stole $$ they had to pay back double the amount. Jessie stole gum when she was 4 - and got it all over her hair, her bed and the carpet in her room!!! She refused to talk to the person at the grocery to say she was sorry so I took her to the police station to see what happens when people steal. It was a tiny police station with just one cell. They had someone in it so she just got a lecture from the officers, but she saw a glimpse of the man behind bars and it sure scared her from ever doing THAT again! Wiz tried shoplifting as a teen. The first time we drove him back to the store and the manager didn't even CARE, in spite of signs all over the store. It was a dollar store and she was a teenager - mostly she said she didn't want to do the paperwork it would mean for her. Grrrr. Then he stole from my FAVORITE used bookstore!!! I took him back and he had to go and tell then what he did. The lady they had him talk to was AWESOME. She really talked with him. Made him THINK. It made a HUGE difference. And I became a favorite customer - with all kinds of benefits including invites to private sales!! It is reall HARD to be added to that list - takes more than shopping there often or spending lots of $$. You have to impress them somehow, and/or be a good friend of an employee. Wiz is even welcome there now. He is very careful to not do anything that could look like stealing, esp there. Stealing is a tough issue that most kids learn the hard way. Hopefully your difficult child has learned his lesson now - you handled it really well! [/QUOTE]
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