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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Gave my son a shelling today because I have discovered he has stolen from a summer camp that has just ended. (He ended up with 4 backpacks with other people's stuff in it) He claims it was the last day and in the lost and found but it is stealing anyway in my opinion. He is now grounded but any other tips from other parents that have stolen stuff before? What other measures do you guys do? Also what do you do with the stuff? I have no way of finding out who they belong too. (and some are girls stuff too!) He can be grounded this weekend but he has yet another exciting camp paid for already for the next two weeks. (with no cancelling policy). What would you do? release him or ground him further.[/quote]

I'm missing something here.  Who picks up your child from camp?  If it is you or your spouse, wouldn't you see what he is bringing home and instantly know when he has something that does not belong to him?  My 11 year old DS had another pair of sneakers in his hand the last day of camp.  I said to him before we left the camp grounds "whose shoes are those in your hand?"  I knew they weren't his.  He said "Oh, these are Joey's".  He and Joey had swapped shoes.  I told him to find Joey and get his shoes back and return Joey's to him.  I know this was a case of shoe swapping and not stealing but I would definitely notice a backpack or other big item DS would bring home.  Plus, DS doesn't really care about anybody's stuff except his.  Why is your DS stealing also?  That may indicate some other issues which might require therapy.  There was a thread recently on a child stealing.  I don't think grounding is going to help if it is a habitual problem and claiming 4 backpacks from the lost and found does not sound normal.  Who does that?  This sounds serious, OP.  [/quote]

I had another parent pick up my child on the last day as both my husband and I couldn't pick him up that day. He claims it was a waste to see those things dumped off so that's why he took them. That's according to him but it is something we had corrected him on now. Whilst he brought home 4 backpacks he packed two backpacks into one. [/quote]

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