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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]9:11 My child is in HS and I am well aware that many parents allow their middle schoolers on Facebook. It doesn't make it right. And that was an aside. My main point was that OP doesn't seem upset about this child-thief. I feel sorrier for this at-risk boy than I do for OP's son and hope that OP and the parents of the other "victims" look at the big picture and consider something short of pressing charges. I have to wonder what kind of home life this boy has.  [/quote]

OP here.  I completely understand what you are saying.  And I have thought about all of this.  It brings up a very good philosophical question.....is it better to give a little slap on the wrist or is it better to imprint the seriousness of this type of crime?  I certainly don't want to see this kid thrown away into jail.  I don't want him taken from his parents.  What I want is for him to stunned a bit.....I would like to see his punishment leave a bit of a sting so that he would think twice before stealing again.  I certainly have compassion for this kid...I've told DS NOT to be mean to him and to consider what it would take for one of his classmates to feel as though he NEEDED to steel in he first place.  My DS has learned a bit of compassion for him as well throughout this experience.  He struggles though, because he is only 12, and when a 12 YO is wronged, it's hard for them to see the compassionate/forgiving side.  He wants to "hate" this kid for his crime against him.  I don't blame my son for feeling this way.  He was targeted by this kid and wronged.

UPDATE....since our FB sleuthing, the word was out that we knew who had it and that we had gone to the principal already.  Yesterday morning, first thing, it was anonymously returned to the principals office.  The kid who brought it back claimed that it was "found".  However, the Otterbox case was missing, stickers removed, and it was disabled due to too many attempts to break the passcode.  The principal does not believe that it was accidentally lost or randomly found:  there is obviously more to the story here.  Who finds an itouch, steals the case, then returns it disabled?  And even so, DS has had others come to him saying that they SAW this other kid with his itouch when the cover was still on it.  BUT, since it was returned, the principal is not willing to do any more investigating, which I think is really sad.  I do think that they should get the witnesses necessary in order to at least talk to him and impress upon him that it is unacceptable that he continue with this behavior.  The lesson here has been totally lost now.  I can only hope that the mere thought of being caught in this crime has set him straight.  One can only hope.[/quote]

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