i have this little cousin who has recently developed a stealing habit...he's only 9 years old and really hurt his mum when told by his class teacher...apparently he was reported taking the money he got from donation campaign and lied that he has lost the money...he also likes to steal petty things such as stationeries and spotted by his mum when she checked his school bag...i wonder why and how did he get this habit? is it because he needs attention from his parents or is it because of a disorder?
^Thats sad.. Did anyone personally ask why he is taking things that do not belong to him?.. I dont mean berating him *not insinuating* but really just asking him calmly, "why?" I noticed that children tend to open up more when they know all you want to do is to help em, without the threat of punishment hanging over their head.
lol at 9 years old you dont have kleptomania, you just have a skewed understanding of what things are worth and what is right and wrong to do. They can't label this as a psychological condition so quickly. The best thing is to sit down and to talk to the kid about the ramifications of stealing.
i believe that's so...we just dun understand why he did that...i know my aunt(his mum) loves him very much..it's not like he's poor and couldn't afford it...he just have the urge of taking things at random...he stole my lego collection and my brother's gameboy advance cartridge...and some PS2 dvds...he doesn't even have a PS2 and a gameboy...
