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Question on teaching a kid a lesson on stealing.....

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Submitted by stepsonhatesme on Thu, 11/22/2012 - 8:55am

My BS17 (almost 18), keeps stealing food from us. I know that sounds messed up but.. My Dh had a summer sausage in the fridge for my FIL today, but my BS stole it and denys it. He has also stolen from me, and my home based business. He has been stealing sodas and all sorts of stuff that we put back for our lunches at work.

How can we teach him a lesson? Maybe putting something in food we know he will steal. We are just to the end of our ropes.

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Submitted by stepsonhatesme on Fri, 11/23/2012 - 12:16am

We have stolen his things. He finds out and retaliates(sp), to an even higher level. As I am typing this I have just 60 days until he is outta here. I am going to call his PO and see if there is anything I can do.

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Submitted by stepsonhatesme on Fri, 11/23/2012 - 12:23am

Right after the first post was made I saw him eating something, while crouching in the fridge. I confronted him and with his mouth full he tried denying it....LOL OMG seriously how stupid!! He was stealing goodies from an order I had to go out for yesterday, Thanksgiving. He denied it and then played dumb,like "Well, I didn't know we couldn't have any" It was on a tray,covered, labeled for with certain families name on it, and with my company sticker on it. IDK how much MORE obvious I could have made it,that it was an order. (He has seen this before and knows what it means.) Luckily, I had a few extra of the items he got into that I could replace it....this time!!! Next time I might not be so lucky.

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Submitted by stepmomto3bioto1 on Fri, 11/23/2012 - 11:23am

Put a lock on the fridge and/or cabinets. May seem extreme but sometimes ya gotta do it. My 3 SSs are junk food addicts!! When meal times roll around they don't wanna eat regular meals. So they sneak snacks & crap. I've found food wrappers in the bathroom trash!! In pillows, hidden in their dresser drawers, with toys, etc etc. it's rediculous !

My saving grace? I went on a carb free diet & now my house is full of nutritious foods!!! Hahaha. They aren't here much, and the rest of us eat healthy so it's no big deal to us!!! Lol. But the skids hate it!!! I'm loving it!!!