Tuesday 29 October 2019

My daughter is stealing, help!


Cross post from r/AskWomenAdviceMy Daughter is stealing! HELP!My 8yo daughter has been stealing from family, and possibly friends. I first noticed things disappearing a couple of months ago, it started as small things. Hair brushes, lipstick, candy. Normal kid stuff. We addressed it by letting her know that it's not nice to take things that aren't yours, and we're more than happy to share candy and Hair brushes etc if she just asks rather than taking, hiding, and lying about it.Then money started disappearing. Her aunt thought she misplaced $8, one $5 bill and three $1 bills. The next day, my daughter 'finds' $8 in the same denomination in her backpack?We think that it's possible she had change from a recent birthday gift of $10 and leave it.A week or so later, my husband is giving his mom money, he hands her $25, one $5 bill and a $20 bill. She puts it in her wallet, zips up her purse, and leaves it on her bed. She comes back to her wallet out of her purse, assumes that she forgot to put it away, and returns it to the purse, zipping it up and hanging it on a hook.The next day we go to the store, and Lola pulls out her money to pay, but only has $20. Then, magically, our daughter says that she found a $5 bill in her backpack and would be happy to help Lola pay...At this point we have surpassed coincidences into clear theft.We have spoken with her, and removed privileges, but similar things keep happening. She has never taken from her father or myself (her mother) but keeps taking things and money from her Tita and Lola.I'm at a loss of what to do. How should we further approach this issue? via /r/Parenting https://ift.tt/2JzJpR8

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