My 12yo girl has been telling lies since 9yo and recently she stole money from my drawer and me and husband's wallet . I feel really upset as she knew that our family financial is tight and the money is to pay for her tuition and set aside for rainy days. She uses the money to buy pens and stuff from bookshop and treated her friends to lunch and movies. She said she has been stealing quite a few times already. I actually did not check on the money in the drawer because i feel that it will not go missing and trust that no 1 in the house will take it. My husband is the 1 that notice that the money in his wallet kept missing. Im so upset i feel that im unable to look at her. I see that she feels no guilt when being confronted and i just did not know what i can do to stop her from telling lies and stealing.

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If you don't nip this problem in the bud, it can mutate into more serious acts like shoplifting. At her age, she is definitely going through a rebellious phase and pushing all sorts of limits. Stow all your money and valuables in a new location and try not leave your bags and wallets lying around. I know it must be hard, but she broke your trust and tough love needs to be applied. Sit her down and talk about the seriousness of her actions and if there is no improvement, "threaten" to report to authorities.

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Home Just Mums my 12yo girl has been telling lies since 9yo recently stole money from drawer husband wallet i feel really upset knew that family financial tight money pay tuition set aside rainy days she uses money buy pens stuff from bookshop treated friends lunch movies she said has been stealing quite few times already i actually did not check money in drawer because i feel that not go missing trust that 1 in house take my husband 1 that notice that money in