You visit a friend and your son 'steals' a Gatorade. Do you make him tell your friend?

I would make my son tell the friend, and punish him for stealing. Stealing is very wrong and no one should do it. It's even worse for children, because bad habits start at young ages.

I would make my son tell my friend what he did, make him apologize, and make him offer some sort of reparation. It would be difficult, but it would be the right thing for my son (and me) to do. As for going back to visit and taking my son, I would ask my friend to give him another chance.

I suspect she would, even though she is not a "children" person. If she does not, then I am faced with a new conundrum.

Teach your son a lesson and tell your friend. Call your friend and explain what happened. If your relationship allows, throw in the sentiment that you really don't want to make her weary of your son, but you feel that you should be honest with her.

Then, tell her you would like to teach your son a lesson. See if there is a good time that you and your son could come over for a few minutes so your son can personally explain himself, return or replace what was taken and apologize. If she agrees, set up the time and thank her for her cooperation and understanding.

While you're at it, you may want to set up a lunch or something that can just be you and her to balance out the "friend-time" with the "friend-with-a-kid-time. " Then, explain to your son that, in addition to the punishment you are putting him on, he will be personally explaining himself to your friend, returning or replacing (and if replacing, the money comes out of his allowance or money) what was taken and apologizing for taking anything from her home without asking. Take him over there, walk in with him and stand back and say nothing.

He must do all the talking and make it right without your help. If he turns to you when you first walk in with any hope that you might jump in and speak for him, keep your mouth closed and nod to him to do it himself. Remember, it's his mistake and his punishment, not yours.

Hopefully, the experience doesn't scare your friend away from kids even more. With any luck, it may help her see that most kids just need a bit of guidance and, in this case, she was a part of helping a child learn a valuable life-lesson.

Children grow up accepting things that parents say as true and without a doubt will have an impact on who they will be in life. Stealing as we know is not an acceptable behaviour unless you want him to pursue a career in that path. Talk to the boy and convince him that it was wrong and coax him into coming clean and say his apologies to the friend.

Being mad and agitated would just make the ordeal embarassing for both of you. Talk to the youngster. Believe me, children are smart and they understand things that even grown ups don't even begin to grasp.

Punish the son if necessary, but not physically. Take away toys for awhile then reward him if does something good. We have to face the reality of our own actions.

He must realize that. Even if he gets banned from coming over that house again, then he has to learn his lesson. Be gentle because he's a child - sensitive and fragile - definitely precious...Peace!

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