I am a firm believer that nobody makes anyone feel anything..You seem...SEEM.. by your post and the word steal and betrayed to have reacted to this more from you than what he did or this one or that one posted. Can you maybe see that ? Kids break rules all the time and yes they need limits and rules but I am reading you took this really really hard and thats why I am wondering why and asked you to look at that as well as WHY he is stealing food at 6:30 A.M Maybe the kid is diabetic or something..Anyhow I am glad he isnt going to be punished but I still hope you get family therapy so these things do not keep up and HURT you as you posted

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I caught my son red-handed at about 6.30 this morning, with a jelly sweet he "pinched" from the fridge. When he saw me he immediately tried to hide it but I could see he was up to something. I reached for his hand and the empty packet was there. He instantly started saying "I was naughty, I'm sorry Mom". He started crying and tried to hug me. He kept saying sorry but I just sent him to his room. He left for school a short while later and I was just too shocked to punish him. Will it be too late to punish him when he gets home from school? I am thinking of taking away all his after dinner treats for the rest of the week.

I know children do stuff like this. I know I did as a kid. But I still feel so hurt by it. I really do. It was dishonest, a form of lying and stealing. I don't know how to accept his apology without him thinking 'cool, that is that!'

My son uses the word sorry too easily. He thinks it will get him off the hook and then he can just do it again.

I can't believe an 8 year old has me feeling so betrayed. It was just a jelly sweet.



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