A fan sent me a private message: Children steal money from home time and time again. What should parents do?
"Children stealing money" should be a problem that many parents have encountered. htmlChildren between the ages of 56-8 are more likely to have this problem.
So what should parents do when their children steal money?
If it is the first time that a child steals money, parents must be careful not to directly use to "steal" to describe the matter.
Because children are relatively young, they may not understand what ownership of items means.
Especially when parents habitually put some change in a drawer at home, children will feel that this is family money, and they can occasionally use it as long as they need it.
He was just trying to achieve his own goal. He didn't know that this process was called "stealing", and he didn't know how bad this behavior was.
In this case, parents should give priority to guidance, first tell the child that it is wrong to do so, let him realize the mistake and apologize ,
and then teach the child the correct concept of consumption based on the purpose of the child's money. , tell him that if is needed next time, he should first communicate with his parents to obtain parental consent .
If the same situation occurs again for the second time, parents should focus on the actual needs of their children.
Look at what the child is doing with the money. Is it because he hasn’t had time to tell his parents or is he worried that his parents won’t agree?
Find out the root cause, reflect on whether you have neglected some of your children's needs in your daily life, and make up for it in a timely manner.
Then we must severely criticize and educate for the recurrence of this wrong behavior, so that the child can clearly understand his mistakes, and let him write a guarantee .
One is to promise not to commit the crime again in the future, and the other is to agree that if he commits the crime again, he will bear the legal responsibility for the crime of "theft".
When a child steals money and appears many times, parents can no longer forgive easily. must strictly follow the agreement in the previous guarantee to prevent the situation from getting worse and losing control in the future.
When necessary, parents can go to the police station to explain the situation to the police, and take their children to the police station after communicating in advance. can use the identity of the police and the power of the law to make the children aware of the seriousness of the matter.
Then as punishment, he will use his pocket money for the next period of time to make up for what he stole. makes him responsible for his actions and bear all the consequences.
In short, in the process of dealing with this kind of thing, parents must use the correct language to guide children, and if not, they should not label their children as "thieves" at will.
But when children refuse to change despite repeated admonitions, parents can no longer be merciful. They must not only stop them in time but also double the punishment, so that the children will bear serious consequences for their wrong behavior, so as to prevent them from doing it again in the future.
