When Your Child Steals - for Parents of Fifth Grade Children
Come on, admit it: You've taken something that doesn't belong to
you, even if you have to dig deep into your own childhood to
remember – a candy bar at the convenience shore, a friend's toy,
change from your mom's purse. Yet it shocks you nevertheless
when you discover your own child stealing. Here's how to keep
calm and handle it without envisioning mug shots in your child's
future. What You Need to Know Communicating about money is
important to address: - the positive and negative emotions it
brings out of people - differences in values and attitudes
toward spending and saving - differences in financial goals -
potential money problems and how to overcome them -
identification of personal values How You Can Help When you
discover your child stealing: - Stay calm, and resist the
inclination to treat your child like a common criminal – keep
the phone on the hook, and your fingers away from the 9 and 1
digits for now. - Try thinking in children's, ra