I'm not sure if this belongs in Healthy Parenting or not. Since my daughter started grade 7 last year(she's in grade 8 now), she's had a best friend. My daughter bought a new fashionable wallet 2 weeks ago. She brought it too school and it had $15 in it, along with some store discount cards and a pic of her sister with her name on it. Daughter shares a locker with this friend.

A couple days after bringing it too school, my daughter said she lost it and the last time she had it, was at school. She went to the office to see if it was turned in and it wasn't there. Yesterday at lunch recess, she asked the teacher if she could look for something in the classroom. She and the girl sit next to each other and the back packs were under the desk. Daughter got the urge to look in her friends back pack and was stunned to see her wallet. At first she thought "oh nice she got the same wallet"- innocent assumption.

She opened it and saw her cards and sisters pic. She put it in her jacket and asked her friend "have you seen my wallet"? She said "no". Daughter said "well why was THIS in YOUR backpack?

On Sunday they were out together with friends and daughter was mentioning how she's disappointed that she lost her wallet. The girl said "I hope you find it". This tidbit of info is relevant because my daughter called her yesterday to confront her and the girl claims she found it in a lost and found bin on Friday - she claims she has a witness.

If she found it on Friday and clearly knows my daughter is missing the wallet - wouldn't the friend be anxious to return it as soon as she found it. If she found it on Friday - why not give it to her on Friday or at least tell her on Sunday when the convo came up. My daughter is also missing a nice ring too. This is a sad situation because this is my daughters best friend. I don't see any reasonable explanation, other than she's a thief.