When the kids came home today from our friends house (dayhome), I was emptying out Liz's backpack and noticed that it had a strong smell of something (almost like nail polish remover). Upon closer inspection of her backpack I found that she had stolen from our dayhome providers' teenage daughter. I was mortified. Brittney babysits for us quite often and the kids love her. I never would have thought that they would have done something like this.
The hard part is to know who did what. Liz is saying that Nick helped and stole most of the stuff, but Nick is adamant that he didn't have any part of it. (although the hard part is that both kids like to lie (like any kid) to protect themselves). Liz was even more mortified when I put everything in a bag, told the kids to get their jackets on because they had to go back to Brandy's and tell Brittney what they had done.
Jerry had to take Nick to the dentist right after that, but we told Robert and Brandy that we would phone them after that and talk with them about it.
LIz and I came back to the house. She went upstairs and had a bath...I phoned a friend of mine for a bit of advice on how to deal with this. She reminded me that they are kids and they will make mistakes, and that all kids do it....the important thing is to remember that, and to make sure that we make sure our kids understand that it is wrong, and learn from it.
I know Jerry is more disappointed in the kids than I am
I am hoping that once he talks to Brandy and Robert that he calms down a bit more.
On the other hand. I sent Liz to bed early. She told me, while she was upstairs that she was not goign to go to bed, so I went and flipped the breaker so she could not turn the lights on upstairs. Then I hear her come downstairs and say "bye mom I am leaving"......in her pj's and jacket and boots....with wet hair. "
i told her where are you going to go......and see you later. It took all I had in me to not stop her.
She walked down the road, about 5 houses (looking back the whole way). I was peakign through the blinds to see how far she would go. She stopped at a house and stood there for a bit, and then started making her way back to the house. She walked back in and said....Did you really think i would run away? I asked her....did you really think I didn't know where you would go.
We then talked a bit more and now she is in bed......
Uggg i hope that this night is over now
The hard part is to know who did what. Liz is saying that Nick helped and stole most of the stuff, but Nick is adamant that he didn't have any part of it. (although the hard part is that both kids like to lie (like any kid) to protect themselves). Liz was even more mortified when I put everything in a bag, told the kids to get their jackets on because they had to go back to Brandy's and tell Brittney what they had done.
Jerry had to take Nick to the dentist right after that, but we told Robert and Brandy that we would phone them after that and talk with them about it.
LIz and I came back to the house. She went upstairs and had a bath...I phoned a friend of mine for a bit of advice on how to deal with this. She reminded me that they are kids and they will make mistakes, and that all kids do it....the important thing is to remember that, and to make sure that we make sure our kids understand that it is wrong, and learn from it.
I know Jerry is more disappointed in the kids than I am
I am hoping that once he talks to Brandy and Robert that he calms down a bit more.On the other hand. I sent Liz to bed early. She told me, while she was upstairs that she was not goign to go to bed, so I went and flipped the breaker so she could not turn the lights on upstairs. Then I hear her come downstairs and say "bye mom I am leaving"......in her pj's and jacket and boots....with wet hair. "
i told her where are you going to go......and see you later. It took all I had in me to not stop her.
She walked down the road, about 5 houses (looking back the whole way). I was peakign through the blinds to see how far she would go. She stopped at a house and stood there for a bit, and then started making her way back to the house. She walked back in and said....Did you really think i would run away? I asked her....did you really think I didn't know where you would go.
We then talked a bit more and now she is in bed......
Uggg i hope that this night is over now
My dd hasn't done this sort of thing - yet. So I don't have any advice, only lots of 
