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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You are way over-reacting. Tell your child that:

1. Teens are often prime suspects in stores because so many of them steal. Yes, that is true. It's a high-risk demographic.

2. When security asks to look at your bag, generally people say yes. What is security going to do, put stolen goods in your bag to accuse you of theft? The cameras are rolling. That's way above their pay grade.

3. They gave up because they sized up your kid and decided she probably wasn't too much of a risk.

4. Your teen can continue to refuse having her bag searched if she wants. She might be escorted out of the store one of these days, and have to deal with police. That is a choice. It doesn't mean she will be charged with a crime, unless the store is missing an item they think was stolen at the same time your teen was there.

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Me again. When my DD was in middle school at Westland, in Bethesda (a public school full of well-to-do families), she was shocked to learn that some of her classmates liked to go to Montgomery Mall and steal little trinkets from stores, as a game. None of them were poor, they could all afford to pay. I told her to stay well away from those girls and never go shopping with them, as she could be left literally holding the bag.

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Oh, it has nothing at all to do with not being able to afford something. I went to a hoity toity boarding school where girls were from super, super wealthy families,  some billionaires, and many of them LOVED to shoplift. It was for the thrill. Also a sense of entitlement that they are rich and powerful enough some run in with a plebian store clerk or security guard will mean nothing. As an UMC student this was shocking to me, but they were just like, "I see it, I want it, I steal it." She needs to stay away from people like this.[/quote]

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