kids going into your purse

For little children, keep your purse up high. You could also, for older children, stop carrying cash and stick to checks/debit/credit cards. An 18 year old should also know that it is wrong to steal, especially from her parents. You need to sit her down and talk about it and ask why she needed the money. Help her look for a job if she needs one. Lines of communication need to remain open at all times, and maybe she feels like she can't come up to you and ask for a few dollars.

Sending her to prison is a bit harsh, there are always alternative ways to deal with things. For one, she is a teenager, this is a critical stage for a young person and their level of understanding can be a bit impaired. Talk to her, tell her how you feel, set rules, give her a warning. I understand your anger, but it was just $18 plus she is your daughter. Talk to your husband as well, calm him down. There's several ways to escape a fire, you can run or you can crawl. It's all about your range of decisions and choosing the most suitable option.

My 18mth old toddler likes to go into my purse and play with my money. I just have to keep it out of her reach. I bought her a purse and she loves it.

I flip out on my kids if they EVER go into my purse without my permission. They know better. I think I'd tell her in NO uncertain terms that MY purse is MINE and unless she wants YOU going into HER things unannounced she better put an end to it RIGHT NOW! And don't let her get away with it again. If she does it, wait until she's busy or out of the room or whatever and you can get her purse or in one of her drawers, etc. and open that sucker up and dig through, pulling out everything. Hopefully you won't find anything to make you faint! LOL And when she sees she has lost HER privacy because she's taken yours perhaps she will understand. My son used to do this. He would just open my purse up and go through it to get a buck or something then come in and show me the money and go "I took a buck from your purse to go to the store, ok?" I blew up at him and told him NO it was NOT ok. Second time he did it, I had told him I will take his privacy away too. So, when he repeated, I went into his bedroom drawers and dug through, took out a DVD and put it in my room and left it all open and scattered. When he came home he was all upset and I simply looked at him and went "what are you hiding" like he did to me. He shut up, picked up the mess and never got in my purse again without asking! LOL

I would tell her to give it back. That she is grounded for going in to a purse that she didnt belong in too. I would call the police and have them take her to jail. Because stealing is a crime. Maybe it would teach her a lesson. Or make her work to pay her brother back and to take on responsibilities.