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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]When my 7 year old stole candy from a store I made her go in, apologize to the manager and pay for what she stole.

[b]In this context - several of her peers, I wouldn’t do that [/b]and would actually ask the teacher for guidance.

For an at home punishment, I might make to donate one of her toys to hammer home that she should be grateful for what she has and feel the sting of losing it. [/quote]

ITA here. She's 6. Please don't bring public shame into this. It will follow her around for the rest of elementary school. It may well/probably will follow her around without apology notes. Of course what she did is wrong and there need to be consequences [b]but this isn't her coming home with a friend's toy or bracelet.[/b]

I think you should work with the teacher, principal, and counselor. And I'd think pretty seriously about getting her into therapy - maybe short-term to get to the root of this, but something. This was a pretty complex plan that she carried out over a good bit of time. That would concern me.[/quote]

No, this was coming home with many friends’s toys and other treasured items. OP said that DD showed her a grocery bag’s worth of taken items once she got the call from the school. The kids she did this to are actually entitled to apologies, and to not be lied to, IMO. [/quote]

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