I caught my little brother stealing money from my mom's purse. I made him put it but I'm wondering if I should tell my mom? I was also thinking about making him tell her; which one is better?
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How about giving him a choice: 1. You can tell mom what happened. 2. I can tell mom what happened. Let him decide.
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Let it slide.
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Assuming he is old enough to know it was wrong I firmly believe you should make him tell your mom. I stole a pack of gum when I was around 4 yrs old. My mom drove me back to K Mart to tell the manager what I had done. I will never forget that lesson. To this day I can't stand thieves.
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give him a good old fashioned beat down
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tell her and have her say that she had a video camera on in the room to see if you did anything bad and she caught him that way ur little brother wouldnt know it was you and your mom thinks you are the "good" child
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make him tell her.
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Rat him out. But take some for yourself before you spill the beans, that way he can take the blame for all of it....<jk>....tell him you know, and watch to see where he goes from there.
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Either way. Before it grows big cut it now, better to tell now. otherwise it's going to be your fault too. Somedays later he's going to do the same thing to your purse too. Teach him a lesson now. (It reminds me when I was so young, but my mother and brothers used to bang(punished) me a lot and taught me good lessons too).
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Here's another solution. Sit him down and give him the talk. Let him know that what he did was very wrong, that giving into temptation like that would break something very precious - trust. When someone's family stops trusting them, that is a very bad place to be. Explain it that way, so you are sure he understands the link between him satisfying a momentary desire and the long term consequences. Then explore with him his need/desire for money (like it's different if he was looking for a little loose change to buy some candy and if he's looking for bills to buy drugs). Give him some options for earning some cash on his own. Then tell him with the most serious possible intonations that you will tell no one of this transgression of his (because the trust of his mother is so important), but if you EVER catch him or even suspect him of doing something like this again, all bets are off, and all will be revealed.
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He should be forced to tell his parents and apologize. He needs to understand his act of selfishness causes pain for others.
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Make him tell her and apologise.
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It would probably be better if you made him tell her, if he tells her, he will not get into as much trouble if he presents himself as truely sorry. If you tell her, he will surely get into a hell of alot of trouble, which bears in mind, perhaps it might in the long run be better if you tell her, i suppose it depends on what you want to teach him.
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Make him tell her for sure.
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You have some great options already. Next ask yourself what did YOUR MOTHER do (or not) to the boy that made him decide trying to steal the money is a better choice than just asking her for it?
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Ask him why he did it. Maybe you should see if you need to help him with something. To make him confess if he denies it...tell him you saw him take alot more than he actually took, he'll more than likely admit to what he actually took.
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Tell him that he has to tell her or you will, then go with him and tell your mom that he has something to tell her & let him take it from there...
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Say that if he doesn't fess up,then you will tell your mom.
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Neither. You made him put it back now leave it at that. If in the future money goes missing from your mum's purse THEN confront your brother and make him fess up. You catching him ought to have scared him into not doing it again.
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