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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Thx all for the advice- 
 For the prior poster, [b]I didn’t let him sell any of it.  Not switch or games. [/b] Why he didn’t take it all in to sell is a good question- I’ll ask him that. I assume (in my opinion) he felt I would discover the switch gone - or maybe - actually I have no idea.
   But good advice for strong discipline- we did tell him the least is he has to give me the money he made- which he said ok and wants me to take from his savings- but that hardly makes him feel pain.  So I’m still thinking.
   He knows he did wrong and said I never  let him sell anything so he has no way to make money. We shut that down by saying no excuse. He was sneaky and we are thinking of the punishment. [/quote]

NP. But your initial post says that you told the 17 y/o you were not giving the switch to the younger kid so he could sell it. Do you mean that the 5 year old could sell it? I'm confused

In any event, if you think the permissions were clear to him (even though they are not to me), he should definitely be punished. He stole from you. Maybe it was just impulsive and immature, and not drugs as others are suggesting, but at 17 he really should know better. Those were not his things to sell so I think he should buy them back, whatever the cost. The money comes from his pocket, not his "savings" , whatever that means. If he doesn't have enough, he needs to get more hours at work, or do chores for you until you are satisfied.

And if all of this about an xbox, I would tell him he's not allowed to have one for now. He used very poor judgment and you need to know you can trust him again before he gets to treat himself to something like an Xbox. Those things can be absolute money pits for impulsive kids. They are expensive, the games can be expensive, and the "in game" purchases add up quickly. It's concerning that his first response was to somehow try to blame you all for stealing because you "never let him sell anything". He needs an attitude shift. 
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