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What does it mean when a child blatantly steals from you?
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<blockquote data-quote="hearts and roses" data-source="post: 517703" data-attributes="member: 2211"><p>Ditto what the others said word for word. In the meantime, perhaps a very good lock for your bedroom door and a safe for your valuables. </p><p></p><p>As you detach and do less for him, he will be angry and his sense of entitlement will boom, so put your things in a safe place he can't get to. </p><p></p><p>And a last word of caution:as a newbie to detachment, it may not feel 'right' to you, as a mom, to detach from him, to not make his world comfy...stick with it anyway. He's old enough to be self sufficient, he just hasn't had to do it yet. Everything changes when you stop enabling them. He may pull away from you, he may leave, you may feel like you've lost him forever, but stay strong, he'll come back to you-hopefully as the man you'd like him to be...or better than he is now! Sometimes, often it gets uglier before it gets better and that's something people often forget to tell you.</p><p></p><p>Big hugs, sending strength!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hearts and roses, post: 517703, member: 2211"] Ditto what the others said word for word. In the meantime, perhaps a very good lock for your bedroom door and a safe for your valuables. As you detach and do less for him, he will be angry and his sense of entitlement will boom, so put your things in a safe place he can't get to. And a last word of caution:as a newbie to detachment, it may not feel 'right' to you, as a mom, to detach from him, to not make his world comfy...stick with it anyway. He's old enough to be self sufficient, he just hasn't had to do it yet. Everything changes when you stop enabling them. He may pull away from you, he may leave, you may feel like you've lost him forever, but stay strong, he'll come back to you-hopefully as the man you'd like him to be...or better than he is now! Sometimes, often it gets uglier before it gets better and that's something people often forget to tell you. Big hugs, sending strength! [/QUOTE]
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