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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I stole as a kid and as a teenager. As a teen I stole from the people I babysat for. It had nothing to do with them personally, from my perspective.

Here's what I can tell you: I came from a very, very restrictive household. As in, if I got up from the couch to walk out of the room I got asked where I was going. I temporarily traded clothes with a friend and got reamed out for it. Everywhere I turned, I bumped into a rule or a punishment. I graduated from HS in '94, stopped getting allowance in 9th grade, and at that stage, I was getting $3 a week. I did not have the kind of parents who would ever give me money to go to the mall or to the movies with friends. I had friends given $20 a week plus money to go out with friends.

I did not feel in control of my life. Stealing gave me a tiny bit of control. More money gave me a tiny bit of control. I grew out of it.

I am neither a sociopath nor a narcissist. [/quote]

Same childhood except mom would snack me for speaking to her.

Not that I have my own kids they get more but are not spoiled. No smacking.
My DD bitterly complains all the time about how horrible we are, it's awful. You can't win.
Teens are just out of their minds, OP. Even the best of them. I'm sure the girl just wanted to purchase some things. It's wrong and iWork's have nicely explained to her that in this house we do chores for spending money (did she have any? If not that is torture!). Or just ask her 'do you need anything? Spending money?!'[/quote]

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