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<blockquote data-quote="gcvmom" data-source="post: 176482" data-attributes="member: 3444"><p>I'm all ears on the answers you get here 'cuz I'm dealing with the same problem from time to time with my difficult child 1.</p><p> </p><p>We were at the store night before last and he comes up to the checkout with this big Nerf dart gun (he already has a couple of these). I asked him if he has money to buy this (because we had not discussed the purchase and there was NO WAY I was going to buy him another one). He got a bit snippy and said yes, he was going to buy it with HIS money. I asked how much it was and he said something like $24 -- and I said "WHOA, WHERE did YOU get that much money?!!!" Because I knew for a fact that he'd just spent money at the movie theater on stuff, so there's no way he could still have that much left. PLUS, just 10 minutes prior, easy child had commented to me that she couldn't find the $20 that she's had in her wallet at home.</p><p> </p><p>difficult child 1 started to get that look on his face like "Think FAST, think FAST!" So I knew right away that he took it from easy child. He mumbled something about having saved it. I calmly asked what he'd done to earn it (he's been very resistant to helping with chores lately), and he claimed to have helped his dad. When I said I wanted to be able to believe him, and was he SURE that's how he got the money, he replied, no, he didn't know and he couldn't remember where he got it from. So he gave it to easy child and said here, you take it. My guess is that he helped himself to easy child's wallet (which she is careless about leaving lying about) at a time when his ADHD medications where worn off. I'm concerned that he still tries to lie about things and that he still takes things that aren't his...</p><p> </p><p>by the way, your easy child 2 sounds a lot like my easy child/difficult child 3... and has me worried too!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gcvmom, post: 176482, member: 3444"] I'm all ears on the answers you get here 'cuz I'm dealing with the same problem from time to time with my difficult child 1. We were at the store night before last and he comes up to the checkout with this big Nerf dart gun (he already has a couple of these). I asked him if he has money to buy this (because we had not discussed the purchase and there was NO WAY I was going to buy him another one). He got a bit snippy and said yes, he was going to buy it with HIS money. I asked how much it was and he said something like $24 -- and I said "WHOA, WHERE did YOU get that much money?!!!" Because I knew for a fact that he'd just spent money at the movie theater on stuff, so there's no way he could still have that much left. PLUS, just 10 minutes prior, easy child had commented to me that she couldn't find the $20 that she's had in her wallet at home. difficult child 1 started to get that look on his face like "Think FAST, think FAST!" So I knew right away that he took it from easy child. He mumbled something about having saved it. I calmly asked what he'd done to earn it (he's been very resistant to helping with chores lately), and he claimed to have helped his dad. When I said I wanted to be able to believe him, and was he SURE that's how he got the money, he replied, no, he didn't know and he couldn't remember where he got it from. So he gave it to easy child and said here, you take it. My guess is that he helped himself to easy child's wallet (which she is careless about leaving lying about) at a time when his ADHD medications where worn off. I'm concerned that he still tries to lie about things and that he still takes things that aren't his... by the way, your easy child 2 sounds a lot like my easy child/difficult child 3... and has me worried too! [/QUOTE]
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