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Welp...I just found out my 14 year old daughter is a thief.

 
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Welp...I just found out my 14 year old daughter is a thief.
Straight busted.

Signs out so many boxes of candy to sell to friends and family to raise money for the school, takes back what's left and 30 candy bars are missing.

She started to lie about it before I stopped her early and warned her and the truth flowed out like a river.

Ugh.
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02/03/2013 01:07 PM
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Re: Welp...I just found out my 14 year old daughter is a thief.
Sounds like she's a pig, too
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02/03/2013 01:09 PM
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Re: Welp...I just found out my 14 year old daughter is a thief.
some people lose control over sweets...
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Re: Welp...I just found out my 14 year old daughter is a thief.
teach him about the illuminati, freemasonry, and other conspiracies and tell her that we need to good, because we are not one of them!
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Re: Welp...I just found out my 14 year old daughter is a thief.
Sounds like she's a pig, too
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Ok, that was a little funny. chuckle
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Re: Welp...I just found out my 14 year old daughter is a thief.
some people lose control over sweets...
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just make her pay for them and discuss self-control around sweets. my daughter has the sweet tooth and cannot be trusted around candy either
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02/03/2013 01:11 PM
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Re: Welp...I just found out my 14 year old daughter is a thief.
Noooooo, not the CHOCOLATE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

cool2

You have obviously bred a human.
So sorry for your loss.
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Re: Welp...I just found out my 14 year old daughter is a thief.
teach him about the illuminati, freemasonry, and other conspiracies and tell her that we need to good, because we are not one of them!
 Quoting: Golu hbk


She knows how I feel about thieves, I am very vocal about it.

Never had to deal with this with her though.
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Re: Welp...I just found out my 14 year old daughter is a thief.
some people lose control over sweets...
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just make her pay for them and discuss self-control around sweets. my daughter has the sweet tooth and cannot be trusted around candy either
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At least!

She's got issues with the school now too.
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02/03/2013 01:16 PM
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Re: Welp...I just found out my 14 year old daughter is a thief.
some people lose control over sweets...
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1331439


just make her pay for them and discuss self-control around sweets. my daughter has the sweet tooth and cannot be trusted around candy either
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1331439


At least!

She's got issues with the school now too.
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seriously if she ate them rather than taking the money, try not to be too hard on her

addiction to sugar or chocolate is not a crime

labeling her a thief could be more harmful

best of luck!

hf
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02/03/2013 01:18 PM
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Re: Welp...I just found out my 14 year old daughter is a thief.
OP when I was that age I stole some things too.

The mid teens can be very bad that way, they say the conscience doesn't develop until the late teens so please don't give up.

I stole money out of my step-mother's purse, and stole a shirt from a store when I was 15. I grew up though, and now I would not even think of taking something that did not belong to me, and I'm generous to a fault.

So just look at it as a passing phase.
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02/03/2013 01:20 PM
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Noooooo, not the CHOCOLATE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

cool2

You have obviously bred a human.
So sorry for your loss.
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^This^
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02/03/2013 01:21 PM
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Re: Welp...I just found out my 14 year old daughter is a thief.
What I've learned from parenting---what you're most vocal about, children will try to hide the most. Look at it from their point of view. Guaranteed trouble.

I found it best to tell them they can come to me with anything. That doesn't mean no consequences. But it means both can build trust with each other and can get through the harder knocks that will come in the future.
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02/03/2013 01:23 PM
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Re: Welp...I just found out my 14 year old daughter is a thief.
If this is the worst you're dealing with, she sounds like a pretty good kid.

Stop overreacting. Seriously, knock it off.
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Re: Welp...I just found out my 14 year old daughter is a thief.
labeling her a thief could be more harmful


 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1331439


This. ^^^


She is still a child.

One of the worst things adults can do to children, is to place upon them reasoning skills of an adult and assume they hold them as well.

They do not.

They are still growing.


Labels are awful things, creating boxes and mind'sets'. Once told something enough, the box begin take hold.

Good luck OP. Many young teens experiment with shoplifting and grow up to be perfectly balanced adults.


hf
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02/03/2013 01:25 PM
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Re: Welp...I just found out my 14 year old daughter is a thief.
What she did is normal for her age. Now she must learn the consequences of her actions. Everything comes at a price. I get the feeling she is a good kid, that was more upsetting to you mostly because its not something you expected. Best of luck, parenting is no easy task.
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Re: Welp...I just found out my 14 year old daughter is a thief.
If this is the worst you're dealing with, she sounds like a pretty good kid.

Stop overreacting. Seriously, knock it off.
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Uhu , she does sound like a good kid.....don't fret OP , dont make too much of it as its part of growing up , she has to deal with feeling guilty.....
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Re: Welp...I just found out my 14 year old daughter is a thief.
some people lose control over sweets...
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1331439


just make her pay for them and discuss self-control around sweets. my daughter has the sweet tooth and cannot be trusted around candy either
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1331439


Yeah, this. Make her responsible to pay the debt. If she doesn't have the money, make a list of chores she has to do to work off her debt. If she doesn't do the chores, no TV, no phone, no computer, etc...

Lots of people love chocolate, but she needs to learn responsibility and self control.

And do watch the negative labels. Girls at that age already struggle with their self esteem and image. Refrain from calling her theif or anything else that makes her think you love her less because she's 'bad'. They are very sensitive about those things at that age.

Instead, focus on teaching her responsibility for her actions with clear cut consequences. Let her learn that doing that type of action again would not be worth the struggle she has to go through to make up for it.
"Arrows of hate have been shot at me too, but they never hit me, because somehow they belonged to another world, with which I have no connection whatsoever." - Albert Einstein
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Re: Welp...I just found out my 14 year old daughter is a thief.
Don't be too hard on her. Give her consequences and tell her how much you love her and trust it will never happen again. If it happens again, then you've got a real problem.
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02/03/2013 01:49 PM
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Re: Welp...I just found out my 14 year old daughter is a thief.
Since when did GLP turn into Libtard central?

Truly shocking responses from some of you.

Most of you are the part of the reason this world is so fucked.
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:1cons1:
The chariots of God are tens of thousands, and thousands of thousands.
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Re: Welp...I just found out my 14 year old daughter is a thief.
If this is the worst you're dealing with, she sounds like a pretty good kid.

Stop overreacting. Seriously, knock it off.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 23351703


Uhu , she does sound like a good kid.....don't fret OP , dont make too much of it as its part of growing up , she has to deal with feeling guilty.....
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 26448516


That's the thing though, she doesn't feel guilty.

Not a shred of humility.

I asked her if she thought it was worth it with all the trouble she's going to be in with the school and she answered, "I guess not" and shrugged her shoulders.
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Re: Welp...I just found out my 14 year old daughter is a thief.
If this is the worst you're dealing with, she sounds like a pretty good kid.

Stop overreacting. Seriously, knock it off.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 23351703


Uhu , she does sound like a good kid.....don't fret OP , dont make too much of it as its part of growing up , she has to deal with feeling guilty.....
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 26448516


That's the thing though, she doesn't feel guilty.

Not a shred of humility.

I asked her if she thought it was worth it with all the trouble she's going to be in with the school and she answered, "I guess not" and shrugged her shoulders.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 6405004


Just for that, let the school punish her. Tell them to make her either work it off by doing some kind of work where she can earn the money to pay it back or something.
But if she doesn't feel guilty, I wouldn't bail her out.
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Re: Welp...I just found out my 14 year old daughter is a thief.
If this is the worst you're dealing with, she sounds like a pretty good kid.

Stop overreacting. Seriously, knock it off.
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THIS

You label her a thief. Why not just say she is a criminal and lock her in the shed for a week?
What a champion mom you are to tell the world about this.

Have her vacuum, dust, clean the bathroom and do some chores.

Then LET IT GO!!!

She's a kid. She will learn from this. BUT.. if you say she is a thief and you cannot trust her anymore, you will shame her and her love for you will start to go VERY VERY sour after this.
Treating her badly will put a hatchet into your relationship with her.

Deal with it like you'd like to be treated.
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Re: Welp...I just found out my 14 year old daughter is a thief.
If this is the worst you're dealing with, she sounds like a pretty good kid.

Stop overreacting. Seriously, knock it off.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 23351703


Uhu , she does sound like a good kid.....don't fret OP , dont make too much of it as its part of growing up , she has to deal with feeling guilty.....
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 26448516


That's the thing though, she doesn't feel guilty.

Not a shred of humility.

I asked her if she thought it was worth it with all the trouble she's going to be in with the school and she answered, "I guess not" and shrugged her shoulders.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 6405004


Just for that, let the school punish her. Tell them to make her either work it off by doing some kind of work where she can earn the money to pay it back or something.
But if she doesn't feel guilty, I wouldn't bail her out.
 Quoting: hawk8414


That's actually when I began to get a bit incensed, I was pretty calm with the whole stealing thing.
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Re: Welp...I just found out my 14 year old daughter is a thief.
If this is the worst you're dealing with, she sounds like a pretty good kid.

Stop overreacting. Seriously, knock it off.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 23351703


THIS

You label her a thief. Why not just say she is a criminal and lock her in the shed for a week?
What a champion mom you are to tell the world about this.

Have her vacuum, dust, clean the bathroom and do some chores.

Then LET IT GO!!!

She's a kid. She will learn from this. BUT.. if you say she is a thief and you cannot trust her anymore, you will shame her and her love for you will start to go VERY VERY sour after this.
Treating her badly will put a hatchet into your relationship with her.

Deal with it like you'd like to be treated.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1439176


Oh? And how does a thief expect to be treated?
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Re: Welp...I just found out my 14 year old daughter is a thief.
Sounds like she's a pig, too
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Lol, this
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Re: Welp...I just found out my 14 year old daughter is a thief.
did she eat the thirty candy bars or sell them and pocket the money? What do you plan to do about it?
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Re: Welp...I just found out my 14 year old daughter is a thief.
If you steal something, you're a thief.

It certainly wasn't me who labeled her that way.

No, she did that all on her own.
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Re: Welp...I just found out my 14 year old daughter is a thief.
Straight busted.

Signs out so many boxes of candy to sell to friends and family to raise money for the school, takes back what's left and 30 candy bars are missing.

She started to lie about it before I stopped her early and warned her and the truth flowed out like a river.

Ugh.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 6405004


She probably shared them w/ friends give her some work at the house to pay it back whats the big deal.
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Re: Welp...I just found out my 14 year old daughter is a thief.
did she eat the thirty candy bars or sell them and pocket the money? What do you plan to do about it?
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 28232375


She ate them and I'm not sure yet.

I always let these kinds of things stew for a little bit so I'm not angry when I confront her.





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