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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 569328" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>J should know it's wrong to steal. He is old enough. He may not understand why, but he knows he shouldn't do it...or else something <em><strong>IS</strong></em> wrong with him. Do you think he may be playing you by acting like he doesn't get it? He is obviously bright.</p><p></p><p>When my two boys (remember, Scott was in our family once) were around six, they both stole Star Wars figures from Walmart. They claimed they "found" them. Yay, right. I marched them back to the store and made them tell a security guard what they had done and apologize. They were terrified. The security guard was at least 6'6. He took them for a tour of the store, showing them all the surveillance cameras and said that next time he'd had to call the police. He was nice, but he was also tough.</p><p></p><p>As far as I know, they got the picture. I never saw any stray items in the house again. I would say taking something at six one time is a normal thing to try to get away with. Even twice or three times. If it persists, then I would consider it a problem. For now, I would just watch him.</p><p></p><p>I know a lot of kids who ended up stealing things when older and getting into big trouble for it. It all depends on their own values and their peers and drugs can play a part as well. For now, just deal with the present <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 569328, member: 1550"] J should know it's wrong to steal. He is old enough. He may not understand why, but he knows he shouldn't do it...or else something [I][B]IS[/B][/I] wrong with him. Do you think he may be playing you by acting like he doesn't get it? He is obviously bright. When my two boys (remember, Scott was in our family once) were around six, they both stole Star Wars figures from Walmart. They claimed they "found" them. Yay, right. I marched them back to the store and made them tell a security guard what they had done and apologize. They were terrified. The security guard was at least 6'6. He took them for a tour of the store, showing them all the surveillance cameras and said that next time he'd had to call the police. He was nice, but he was also tough. As far as I know, they got the picture. I never saw any stray items in the house again. I would say taking something at six one time is a normal thing to try to get away with. Even twice or three times. If it persists, then I would consider it a problem. For now, I would just watch him. I know a lot of kids who ended up stealing things when older and getting into big trouble for it. It all depends on their own values and their peers and drugs can play a part as well. For now, just deal with the present :) [/QUOTE]
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