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Stealing - he's crossed a line and there's no going back
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<blockquote data-quote="DammitJanet" data-source="post: 412409" data-attributes="member: 1514"><p>I know what its like to find out they are stealing...boy do I. I really wish I had taken a very hard nosed approach the very first time my son stole from me to be honest. I went too easy on him. I punished him at home. I lectured him. I took away things. I made him do extra chores. He spouted back verbatim why stealing was bad. Blah blah. Didnt stop him at all. He kept stealing. I cant tell you how many times he stole either money or my debit card. For the most part it was small sums. $20 or $40 bucks. I took him into the bank and had them read him the riot act about how I could press charges and it would be a felony. Didnt make an impression because he was still young. </p><p></p><p>Then he hit me big. On his 21st birthday he stole 3 checks and forged them for 1500 bucks. I couldnt look the other way then. He forced my hand. I had to press charges on him. I had my son arrested as an adult for 3 felonies. Nice birthday present.</p><p></p><p>I often think that if I had charged him the very first time he stole my card and got that first 20 bucks, while he may have had a felony juvy record, he would have thought twice about doing it again. It has certainly taught him something as an adult.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DammitJanet, post: 412409, member: 1514"] I know what its like to find out they are stealing...boy do I. I really wish I had taken a very hard nosed approach the very first time my son stole from me to be honest. I went too easy on him. I punished him at home. I lectured him. I took away things. I made him do extra chores. He spouted back verbatim why stealing was bad. Blah blah. Didnt stop him at all. He kept stealing. I cant tell you how many times he stole either money or my debit card. For the most part it was small sums. $20 or $40 bucks. I took him into the bank and had them read him the riot act about how I could press charges and it would be a felony. Didnt make an impression because he was still young. Then he hit me big. On his 21st birthday he stole 3 checks and forged them for 1500 bucks. I couldnt look the other way then. He forced my hand. I had to press charges on him. I had my son arrested as an adult for 3 felonies. Nice birthday present. I often think that if I had charged him the very first time he stole my card and got that first 20 bucks, while he may have had a felony juvy record, he would have thought twice about doing it again. It has certainly taught him something as an adult. [/QUOTE]
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