Nice to hear from you sanity seeker. I agree this girl needs help and that's why I requested the school to call her parents, so they would at least know what their daughter is doing. Due to the privacy policy I wouldn't be able to ask if the school is doing more, such as counseling.

I don't want to try to address the parents because this can back fire sometimes. I wish I could talk to the girl, but she won't even admit she stole the items even when my daughter holds it in her hand. Even the principle said the girl won't admit wrong doing. It's a very sad and disturbing situation. It's one thing to steal from a stranger but how does a person steal from a best friend?

This is also hard for my daughter - her trust in friends was shattered. I told my daughter the story of a member of parliment who got caught stealing an expensive ring. He said he had the money and just couldn't resist the urge to take it. She tried to explain this to the girl in front of the priciple and nothing registers. She just keeps making excuses. The girls knew my daughter was so upset at losing her new wallet and the fancy eyeliners - and she said nothing but "I hope you find them". Once she was caught, it would have been so much easier if the girl just said I'm sorry and it was wrong" - rather than denying it. You know what sad - just because the girl cries at school becasue of this issue she gets sympathy. She even got a friend of hers to say "this is what friends do" - validating the stealing. My daughter was switched lockers yesterday.