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Teenage Son Lying/Stealing Showing No Remorse

stressedoutmum · 2014-03-18 21:56:22

My teenage son is making me ill. He is 14 years old and has lied and stolen on and off throughout his life. Usually £1s etc. For the last few weeks there was a definite change in his behaviour and he's stolen from my husband myself and our other son (money from wallets etc). We now have to lock everything up. We asked him…

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Beckyy Posts: 2,833 Forumite

23 March 2014 at 2:48PM

Do you think you would be able to give him a certain amount of pocket money per week? I think if he's having to ask you for it when he goes out it's just going to make it awkward for him. If he has £X amount then that's his money and he can learn to manage it, rather than stealing because he doesn't have any.

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