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[quote=Anonymous]I was a sneaky child with a bitchy, judgemental mom and my whole life until college I had to listen to her scream at me what a disgusting liar I was. I could fail to clean my room and somehow it was about how I was a sneaky, worthless liar. Gues what I became? A person who stole food, clothes, etc. through college. Guess what else I became? Obsessed with food and dieting to point of being scary skinny for a few years in high school and keeping diaries of everything I ate for about 10 years of my life. I really wish I had gone to therapy as a kid instead of being branded as a thief and a liar and having what little control over my life I did have taken away by my overbearing mother. Also - I was diagnosed with ADD in my 20s. That is linked with impulse control. I've learned to control it through behavior therapy - not meds.

I think making her admit and apologize to the girls is a terrible idea. She will be unpopular for years to come and may fall in with a bad crowd. What do they have that she doesn't? Are they thinner, richer, prettier? Is she doing this because she just wants stuff and has no impulse control? Or is it about those girls? Or you?

I agree with "can't buy without a note" and I agree with people at the school knowing - just not the friends.

I think she needs to go to therapy and get to talk to the Dr. without you in the room. I think there is more to this and deep down there is a reason she does this that she can't tell you and you are part of the dynamic. Please invest the time now and perhaps salvage a relationship with your daughter when she is older.  For a kid that age, therapy and guidance counselor sessions will both feel like punishment and give her a chance to work this out with someone other than you. [/quote]

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