what to do with a 13 year old who stole alot of money from family and school is poor
by sally
(tn)
i have a 13 year old step son.. and we have been going thru this with schooling for 3 years.. no homework brought home no graded papers and straight f's.. we always ask if he has homework its no so we ground him take things away he has been in his room no tv no toys no game system.. but thats not even working cause its still the same thing over and over no improvment.. then tell me why he goes and takes money out his grandma wallet denies it so we call police to scare him to death of going to jail so it was on and on of he was sorry then saturday come he didnt take the money he just said he did, so he didnt have to go to jail,it wasnt just a lilttle bit of money it was 155 dollars.. we discoverd 100 of it in his draw in a pair of pants that was the closest to the bottom with clothes on top of it.. but he didnt do it. money dont have legs to walk as what we told him cause if it did id be rich.. so we are at our wits ends with him and dont know what else we can do.. maybe someone can give us a little more advice..
Comments for
what to do with a 13 year old who stole alot of money from family and school is poor
Sally,if a Dad is in the boy's life, has he taken corrective action with him? The kid has been deprived of his electronic toys as well as TV, but it does not seem to affect him. Not even the caling of Police/scare of Juvie, makes him change his ways. Perhaps you have 4 options left: * consider having him habitate with a distant relative (if there is one)who cares for the boy and deals with him with a strong hand. * talk the matter over with a Welfare agency, maybe they have a half way place (not quite Juvie)for him to stay. * see the Police and have him placed if possible for some time in Juvie. * let his Dad redden his boy bum (if you have no objection to doing that in love and for his sake). V
