You Thief!

You need to get professional help for the child. What learning disabilities does the child have?

my neighbors daughter doesnt have any learning disabilities but i do not know if this wil help or not but when her daughter was younger she would steal from stores and also other people. when she stole from the store she took her back there and made her pay for it with the money she had saved in her piggy bacnk but she made her leave the item at the store. she learned wuick this way. se made her apologize and everything. idk what she sis when it was family or teachers orany of that but i think it could work the same way. may be take your child to them and make them give the item back apologize and possibly "offer" to pay for it (yes friends and family and teachers probly wont let the child but they still had to offer and it will still upset them). idk if this will help but i hope that is does :) but i do like someone elses comment about them taking the toy and all that. i will be keeping that in mind to for when my kids get older just in case i have to go through that also :)

catch him one time before he will be caught by other else. make a bait then really show him what the consequences are! im sharing this based on my experience. for a period of time i was bad like this until i was caught by my mother who intelligently set me up. cause she always lose money from me. i was not a bad boy. a friend just influenced me and it was thrilling i did it for weeks then i got caught and she taught me a lesson. turned out to be a good experience

hi, for me, my idea is know first the backgroound of that child from family to friends,even the society where he/she living so that you could have any idea what will be the main reason why that kid do that thing without any hesitation.and when you that steps,you will now plan the next step that you need to do.

You need to seek professional advice. My mom's officemate's daughter, have a problem with stealing stuff. All their cabinets have locks, they have done everything but the kid is a clipto. I feel bad for them, I feel bad for the kid. She can't control it, anyone who comes to visit have to secure their stuff. But she's all normal. If your child has learning disabilities, then the more you need to consult a professional in that field.

It does make it harder if there are some learning disabilities, but it is definately not impossible. I taught one of my students who had some learning problems, and some sticky fingers as well the importance of not stealing by 'show and tell'. Basically, he always brought some toy or something with him to the lesson every week and walked out with something of my own. I finally one time while he was playing the piano, took the toy and placed it in my hands. He didn't notice until the end of the lesson as I watched him frantically look for the toy of the day. I opened my hands and said oh this is yours isn't it? He agreed and started to grab for it in which I pulled my hand away. I explained to him the difference between stealing, borrowing,earning and giving. I did give the toy back and he asked at the end of the lesson if he had EARNED a sticker. I said yes, and haven't had a problem with stealing since.

This child must be given high attention to all his wants especially his financial wants.He should never be deprived from having some money to spend so that he could never do the same mistake to steal due to lack of funds he would resort to steal.Now if he still do it,this is the proper time to put him into the custody of a guidance counselor to have all the necessary disciplinary rules to make the boy a good citizen of the community.

I think in this case I would try to be as gentle but as stern as possible. It might be that everytime they steal they need to be reprimanded in the same way. Perhaps told that it is wrong and then put into a timeout for a specific amount of time, maybe made to write down 10 times what they did was wrong. Of course maybe the best thing to do is to try to get help from a therapist.

I had a friend when I was at school who would take pens from people's pencil cases and would keep them for herself. We were 9 years old at the time and I remember going through a whole "investigation" with the school to try and find out who was stealing the pens. I found out who it was and I told her that she should put them back before everyone else found out about it. She did this, and luckily it is not something that she ever did again. You need to talk to them and tell them that it is not acceptable and will get them into a lot of trouble later in their lives if they choose to continue living like this.

I actually just had this conversation with a neighbor of mine earlier because she had just gotten done talking to another little boy's dad about his sticky fingers. The little boy that I am talking about is eight years old and does have adhd. The little boy says that doesn't know why he steals, he just does it. The conclusion that my friend and I came to is that if it is a compulsive thing (as it seems to be in this little boys case, then the only solution would be behavior modification therapy.)

i would suggest that going to seek professional advice would be a start .kids are just kids , and they do what they do . some children take longer to respond than others . he may not think he is stealling from people . this is a life lesson that needs to be learned straight away . but as i said , some children just dont understand straight away . good luck with your findings