What is the best medicine for a daughter who steals money from her parents?

Hi I am a mother of 5 sons and many other children that I raised. I may not be the perfect person or mother but I have learned so much over the years while raising my sons. I think I do a pretty good job at it also because my sons will come back later and tell me what lessons they have learned from my responses to what they have done. First of all, do not HIT ! That only teaches them that to solve a problem you need to use your hands. What really has me concerned is the fact that she is taking money and you have no idea what it is for. Please don't get me wrong here but if you are anything like me, you give her or your children anything they need so why does she need to steal to begin with? That is the main question here. Second of all, you should sit down and comfront her with it and ask why! Let her know that you are aware of what is going on and that you will find out the reason for her stealing. I know it may be hard but sometimes the best love we can give our children is tough love. I have dealt with this problem before in my 2 of my sons who gave me a run for the money so to speak and it was hard. I found that in one case it was his father who stole everything in his whole life and he taught my son that it was the only way to get what you wanted. The other case was because my son was smoking pot therefore he couldn't show me what he was using the money for. I would like to write more or talk to you more about this but I am in a hurry right now. My best advice would be to sit her down and lay it out on the table. Why are you stealing? If you steal then you can not live in this home! Doesn't mean you have to put her out, just means it will make her wake up and possibly tell you the truth. She has a hidden problem here and you need to fix it before it gets out of hand and she ends up with a record or jail time....something you can't fix down the road. Whatever she is using the money for it has to be something that she can't possibly ask you to purchase for her. If it's not that then she has a problem that may need professional help and I would suggest therapy for that. You love her as we all do love our children and want to make sure they have only the best so with that love you need to protect her from whatever it is causing her to steal. Start with a long heartfelt talk my friend and tell her whatever it is you will listen and there will be no fighting but you need to be able to trust her again. Good luck and email me if you would like to talk more.

This is totally unacceptable. You should think of the minimum wage (about £3.80 for 16's I think if you're in the UK; I'm unsure what it is elsewhere.) and make her work the number of hours that it would have taken her to earn that money. By working, I mean things that she wouldn't normally have to do in the house, like perhaps ironing if she doesn't already do that. Then, she will realise how long you have had to work for the money that she is stealing from you.

good education is the best medicine for the young daughter. as a parent, you must let she know that stealing is a bad habit, if she is an adult, she will be caught by police. you have t tell her that, a person lives in the world should do something useful, meanful, helpful. so that others will respect you. so that her life is senseful.

if im in your place i will talk to her first and explain what kind of mistakes she did.i will give her second chance before i will give punishment for her.if this kind of character is unusual for her you must to discipline her the way that she will understand her fault.as a parent we must to give our full suport if we know our children is active so maybe in this way we let them to be inspired and to more honest on us.

if im in your place i will talk to her first and explain what kind of mistakes she did.i will give her second chance before i will give punishment for her.if this kind of character is unusual for her you must to discipline her the way that she will understand her fault.as a parent we must to give our full suport if we know our children is active so maybe in this way we let them to be inspired and to more honest on us.

if im in your place i will talk to her first and explain what kind of mistakes she did.i will give her second chance before i will give punishment for her.if this kind of character is unusual for her you must to discipline her the way that she will understand her fault.as a parent we must to give our full suport if we know our children is active so maybe in this way we let them to be inspired and to more honest on us.

hi friend- you know i have three boys all the same age and i am very firm with them about this kind of thing. i let them know that if they ever still it is a crim.rather it be from mom dad or any other person.i always tell them that if they do this there will be a police officer here to talk to them.i know this sounds crazy but it works .i am sure that there is a nice police officer in your community that would be willing to talk to your daughter about this with out meaning any harm to her.this really wakes children up and makes children think about things.one of my little boys started a fire out side said he was going to rost marshmellows.still i have told him starting fire is not ok and we would need to talk to the fire man.he was very worried told me he would not do this again.you need to stop this before it happens at some store or friends house and then it will be out of your hands.