my young daughter has started stealing small amounts of money from my purse

Hi EsKaren I don't know how I missed this one out. I hope you have managed to sort this out as it is now 3 Months later. I know my Son went through a Stage for a little While when he was 12 doing this. He wanted it for sweets but the thing is he knew all he had to do was ask and I would have given it to him lol.

Yes it is best to teach them while they are young how wrong it is to steal. All kids do it, but they must be told it is wrong or they will never understand when they get older. All you can do is lay the foundation and forced the rules and hope for the best.

Sorry, I have no suggestions but I am sure you have to do something. At the moment is not a big problem I suppose but it can be in the future. I am not an expert about kids.

it's to bad to heard about your daughter maam:) just talk to her that it's bad to steal a thing. and explain to her what punishment to the people stealing the thing's of other.

yes that's a lil serious problem.. but try to convince your daughter aboutit very calmly and with love.. say her ask me whenever you need money rather stealing i will give you w/o asking why do youneed.. once she is comfortale to ask you then start slowing knowing her usage of that money.. hope it could help

To me it sounds like she just doesn't understand the boundries. Maybe she doesn't see it as stealing, but just something she wants? If she is really young you should try to explain to her the difference bewteen what's hers and what belongs to other people. When I was 5 I stole a piece of candy from the grocery store. My father found out and made me go back into the store and take it back and apoligize. That had a big impact on me.

THAT"S A BAD HABIT U SHOULD STOP HER TO DO THAT BY BOTH LOVE AS WELL AS PUNISHMENT!

sit down and talk to her about it and try to explain that it is wrong ,for christ sake she is only 7 years old be bloody firm, if not you need a smack on the bum.

well,i'm already 21,but i'm still a children in my parent's eyes,and when i'm about 9,i also did that thing for many times, also not so much,and mainly used the money to buy what i want but my parents hadn't bought for me,but when i grew up,i found that it was wrong,so gradully i stopped to do that again myself,and didn't let my parents known about it

even if it means punishing her do it, cos such habits must be controlled early. teach her the value of money and how one has to work hard to earn money. also tell her about what happens to thieves.

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