For the past year my son has I suspect been taking money. The past 6 months we have known for definite that he has been. He takes money from the side, from my room, sometimes from our wallets, even from his little brothers money box. I am so absolutely sick of it. When it happens he gets an absolute bollocking and a privilege taken away such as laptop or i - pod or both! Sometimes I know he has taken the money and I give him a chance to admit it but he always lies. I have explained to him how much it is affecting me and us as a family, I've asked him to try and explain why he does it. He has no explanation and cant give any good reason for it. He was doing it so much I told him that if it continued to happen then his trip would be cancelled. Well he has done it again, and again another time so I have told him that he cannot go on his trip. I will lose the 100 pound deposit I put down for it, but I dont feel like I can justify nearly 400 pounds on a child that continually takes the piss. If anyone knows anything else I can do, then please help because Im seriously at my wits end. We are really low on money at the moment because I am self employed and having a bad time at the moment, so every penny really does count, and twice now Ive actually been in the situation wherby Ive been late for things because Ive had to go to the cashpoint to get more money to replace the money that he stole. He does get pocket money, but the problem is, that because he keeps stealing, he keeps not getting the money...but aside from that, if he wants to go to the cinema with his friends we give him money, or if he wants to go into town, so its not as though he gets nothing, so I just dont understand why he does it. He only buys crappy things like sweets with it anyway.