What if the child steals other people's things?
The reasons why a son or daughter can bring someone else's phone, toy, book, etc. home, maybe a few:
- desire to own something that they do not buy;
- opportunity to attract attention from parents.
In the first case, it is possible to steal the child of stealing, as he explained to him that someone else can not be taken, and threatening punishment. Especially it is characteristic when the thing the child took broke. In this case, the student needs to explain that the money for the spoiled must be returned if he has savings, or work out. Another thing, if the child does not have enough attention, then only conversation and joint pastime will help to solve this problem.
What if the child started stealing money?
As a rule, children begin to steal money in adolescence. The reasons that lead them to this can be a lot:
- lack of pocket money, provided that other children, for example, when going to the movies, such funds are issued;
- extortion by older children;
- need for self-assertion, when buying for them, expensive things;
- lack of control, especially with good income in the family.
The advice of a psychologist about the fact that a child steals money from his parents is that they first have to find out the reason, and then try to find a solution together with the child so that this does not happen again. If this is extortion, then you need to go to the police. If the matter is lack of control, because the money is "lying around" everywhere and they do not have an account, it makes sense to put them in a certain place, where there will be no access, etc. However, the problem is greatly complicated when the student does not admit his guilt. What to do if a child steals and lies - to prove the fact of theft. And only then it is possible to talk about crime, children's colonies, that all the money must be given. How to explain to the child that you can not steal is a question that is better answered with real stories, photos: from the courtroom, prison inmates, etc., proving that these people have a life, there is no education, expensive cars and, like rule, the future. Here the moment of understanding by the child is very important, that someone else can never be taken, because this will immediately be followed by punishment.