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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Does she have her own money?  (Allowance or earnings?)

Do you restrict her food intake?[/quote]

OP here. She used to have allowance, but has been cut off from it since the stealing started.

I do not allow her to have junk food on a daily basis. I do allow it a few times a week. Her friends eat junk daily so she complains about it. Should I just allow her to eat whatever junk she wants?[/quote]

You’re going to get a range of answers here. “You’re starving her and will cause an eating disorder with your restrictions!” to “if you let her eat junk all the time you’re going to cause obesity!” I’ve struggled with this as someone with a scientific background in nutrition and health. People reduce it all down to weight—they think skinny equals healthy and fat equals unhealthy, so if their skinny kid eats junk it’s okay. Anyway, that’s a tangent. The focus here is that she’s lacking something and you have to figure out why she’s stealing from you to get the junk. Maybe she is hungry for something you’re not providing her or maybe she yearns to be just another kid who can have junk whenever. First, I think it’s helpful to define what “junk” means to you and your family. Everyone has different definitions. I wouldn’t punish her, but I would sit down and have serious talks about this. Talk about what she wishes, talk about your hopes for her and her health. Talk about why stealing is wrong and you know she’s a good person just made some not so great choices. Keep talking about it so you can figure out a balance between letting her have junk food every single day so she doesn’t feel the need to steal money. [/quote]

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