Since my stepson moved in with us about 3 months ago, we have caught him stealing about 3-4 times. It started out small and then the last time was $20.00 from me. We punished him and explained how wrong stealing was and asked him why he does it. He responded "It's a habit." He always appologizes, but given enough time, he does it again. We thought that we had finally gotten through to him since we havent seen anything missing in a few weeks, but we were wrong. When I was cleaning out from under his bed today, while he is at his moms for the weekend, I found my older brothers highschool class ring. My brother lives down the street and said that it has been missing for about a month or so and that he usually kept it on his bathroom sink. He thought his wife had lost it somehow, but obviously my stepson stole it. That ring is worth about $300.00. I am furious that he has done it again. I am tempted to cancel his birthday party to punish him. What can we do to stop this>
2006-09-04
10:28:00
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LittleMermaid
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