stealing food

[elmachoc]

My DD1 aged 10 has taken (stolen) a very good box of chocolates.I had bought the chocolates for an Easter pressent.They were left in my pantry unopened.

I found the empty box in her room.

She knows that she is not allowed to help herself to sweets.

What action do you think I should take ?

have you spoken to her about why she did it?

is she allowed sweets or chocolate as a treat? did she know they were not for her?

personally, yes id be cross, but id want to know why she did it before i punished. its not that bigger deal really in the great scheme of things, chocolate is tempting!

id maybe get her to replace them from her pocket money.

I haven't spoken to her yet as I was wondering what to do (also just found out when I turned her light off)

She is allowed chocolate and sweets as a treat (we have lots of treats)

She has growen alot and I have noticed that she seems very hungry.Perhaps I need to make more healthy snacks avaliable.

However she has stolen a large box of chocolates and I think there needs to be a consiquence (which I hate)

Is making her pay for them enough or should there be another punnishment?

i think at her age, making her pay for them would be punishment enough really, especially if this is a one off.

thanks.thats what i have done.she didn't eat that many so the choclates are back with me but i have made her pay for them.

I'm surprised at the "no big deal" themed responses! That is theft. You can't simply take what you want because you fancy it and 10 years old is old enough to understand the boundaries of what's yours and what isn't. I'd have expected a more severe punishment myself.