he is being brought up in a christian environment where this is not acceptable. for ex: one brother has $ disappear from his room. the 7 yr old comes home from school and says he found $ on the ground at school. same amount ($5 bill) as what the older brother lost. many such examples. Will not admit to stealing.
2006-07-20 05:37:10 · 7 answers · asked by Helen 1 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Parenting
What do the parents say? My niece who is 14 went through the similar situation. She even lived with us stealing tobacco from anyone and may have even shoplifted. Her mother finally got her to counseling and it helped her; she is a much better kid.
She was really angry at some changes going on in her family.
Is he getting enough attention? Negative attention is better than no attention at all. I would also tell the other kids to obtain a lock box or find a way to mark the money. Even install a camera to catch him in the act; that way he cannot deny it.
2006-07-20 07:54:51 · answer #1 · answered by JenKat 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well, he probably doesn't get any attention or really depises the family for some reason. Either his home environment really sucks or he's a bad apple. If he's a bad apple, you can slap him around a bit and see if that helps. If not, just drop him off in the ghetto somewhere and see how he likes living on the wild side. I'm sure the gangstas will teach him a lot of fun lessons. You can also try locking him in the basement...that usually works.
2006-07-20 07:21:05 · answer #2 · answered by mempto 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Make absolutely sure he is stealing, mark the next $5 bill and put it in the same spot. This way if he denies it you can show him the mark on it. Don't tell him you framed him, just say you recognize it because you wrote something on it because you were out of paper, or something like that.
I would then punish him by taking away something he likes, only for a day. Like video games or something. I would not make too big of a deal of it in front of him, but this has to stop or else it will escalate.
2006-07-20 05:43:44 · answer #3 · answered by me 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It could have a lot to do with who he hangs out with at school. Peer pressure, even at that age, can overcome any parental upbringing. Children are learning a lot from the shows on tv and their friends that we never knew when we were that young. Maybe you not being his parent would give you an in with him. Bring up friends at school when talking to him. Does he have a cousin he looks up to? Maybe he/she could talk to him. Children will not always listen to their parents, but something definately needs to be done. Another option is introducing him to the Pastor and having he/she talk to him about his behavior from a Christian perspective.
2006-07-20 05:52:37 · answer #4 · answered by Alison 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My advice, tell hsi parents to give harsher punishment. You can install a camera at a place where he normally steals, so when he doesn't admit to it, show him the video. If all else fails, send him to boot camp or military school
2006-07-20 05:42:15 · answer #5 · answered by christigmc 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
maybe there's a bit of jelusy between the 2, so i suggest you confront him about it, may be even make a little sting operation so you are certain that he is stealing, like making a note of the e serial number on the note
2006-07-20 05:42:46 · answer #6 · answered by Kalahari_Surfer 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Christian denial!
2006-07-20 05:40:50 · answer #7 · answered by Wounded duckmate 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋