What to do when you catch your child stealing | News, Sports

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Parents have been stealing lots of tips from me on what to do if they find their child stealing something.
While stealing a base or a basketball from another player may be fair play in competition, when a child takes something that belongs to someone else, it isn’t fair — even if it’s something as small as grabbing a piece of candy from a store or from someone’s home without permission.
Younger children under 4 may not understand that stealing is wrong — but by age 5 or 6, they understand what’s right and wrong, and it’s at this point that stealing is recognized by both child and parent as an unacceptable behavior.

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