8 YEAR OLD ASPIE DAUGHTER SHOPLIFTING

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Hi out there,

Just wondering if anyone else has experienced this.

My 8 year old ASPIE/ADHD daughter has had 3 episodes over the last 6 months with

shoplifting. It has happened when she was with me shopping and wandered away

(she has always been a wanderer). The first time I made her bring the candies

back to the store to the customer service desk and made her apologize. I gave

her the standard speech about how stealing was wrong. She promised to never do

it again.

The second episode was she was actually caught by a store employee before we

left the store and the person took me aside and told me what she saw. I again

had her return the item, with promises to never do it again.

Yesterday she lifted two items and I didn't realize it until she undressed for

her bath. I got a lot stronger with her and tried " scared straight " tactics (if

anyone rememmbers that documetary).

I asked her what she was thinking when she did it and she kept saying " I don't

know " . As usual I am trying to get inside her wonderful brain to figure out

what is going on, but she's not letting me. Anyone have any

comments/suggestions?