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Does your teen steal from you?

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stirling · 30/10/2021 13:33

Really at my wits end today. Despite for the past two years insisting that my DC (16 and 14) stop pilfering through my stuff and helping themselves to everything (never returning or basically just destroying stuff) - despite getting angry, being calm, getting emotional and trying every approach, they just go completely silent and then insolently continue.

I feel like a mad woman. I felt particularly bad when one of my envelopes from a client had been opened and a wad of cash was missing. I cried bucket loads because I couldn't accuse the client of short changing me, because of my kids always taking my belongings.
By this I mean everything - clothing, hair products, all stationary vanishes all the time etc...

I've just come back from a little break on my own to find so much missing.. I'm chronically ill and the ongoing stressors on my life exacerbate my illness.

Today I'm at my lowest point in a long time.

MillieMumsnet · 30/10/2021 14:56

'Hello OP, we are really sorry to hear you are feeling this way.
We hope you don't mind, but when these threads are flagged up to us we usually add a link to our Mental Health resources. You can also go to the Samaritans website or email them on [email protected]. Support from other Mumsnetters is great and we really hope you will be able to take some comfort from your fellow posters, but as other MNers will tell you, it's really a good idea to seek RL help and support as well.
We also like to remind everyone that, although we're awed daily by the astonishing support our members give each other through life's trickier twists and turns, we'd always caution anyone never to give more of themselves to another poster, emotionally or financially, than they can afford to spare.
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