my 10 year old son is stealing and lying and this is strange, how do I teach him to unlearn?
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my 10 year old son is stealing and lying and this is strange, how do I teach him to unlearn?
They may feel peer pressure and the need to fit in. They may have low self-esteem. They may not have any friends and may be trying to “buy” their friends. They may try to become good at stealing to feel proud of something they have done if they don’t receive positive feedback from their parents.
If you are truly thinking about “discipline” as a matter of showing your child how to behave, you will find that most “behavior problems” are problems of maturity rather than morality and that most of the problematic issues of discipline can be easily resolved. Some degree of attention-seeking behavior, for example, is a normal way for a very young child to respond to rationed attention from busy adults. If the ration of pleasant attention can be increased, he won’t have to clamor to make you scold him.