Comments on: Teaching a Child Not to Steal

By: Education Blog

Education Blog — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 12:39:47 +0000

Almost all children at least once have tried to steal something.preventing children from stealing may has to be taken up by parents.Every now and then parents should speak with their children about moral themes, recall commandments, one of which says that stealing is a guilt. Child teaching is right when parents explain in details what is bad or good.

By: yo

yo — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 20:47:49 +0000

That was straight entrapment – grandpa knew she was going to grab the quarter. She SHOULD have taken five, and only given up 1.

By: Evilbeagle

Evilbeagle — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 09:56:57 +0000

Shaming, if done right, goes a long way toward instilling a sense of right and wrong, which is what the grandfather in this story did effectively.

By: violet

violet — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 01:59:50 +0000

I’m not sure about the “i’m disappointed in you” tack. Seems like it could just send a message that the kid is deficient, rather than in charge of being a force of good in the world based on her own sense of responsibility. To do no wrong because others might shame you does not seem like the right strategy.

By: Sofar

Sofar — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 23:41:33 +0000

@HollywoodRooney: I’d admit I was getting paid more than I was worth if rent weren’t so goddamned high. But such is not the case and I’d like a raise.

By: prophet

prophet — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 23:04:23 +0000

Starter…

By: Tempscire

Tempscire — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 22:57:45 +0000

Tch. If she’d really wanted the quarter, she should’ve slid it inside her glove. Taking two cookies (or claiming to do so) would’ve explained the way the guilty behavior as well.

Wait, what?

By: HollywoodBob

HollywoodBob — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 22:22:50 +0000

“…it breaks [Granpa's] heart, that you’d ever steal [from Granpa]” Lessen learned? Don’t steal from Granpa!

Seriously though, it’s like when your parents say “I’m not mad, just dissapointed.” For some people that is enough. But sadly kids and many adults today are simply sociopaths that have no sense of right or wrong, regardless of what lessons they were taught when little.

It’s like the idea of a fair day’s wage for a fair day’s work. How many people, truthfully say they either earn every penny they work for, or that their employer pays them what their worth?

Ethics and morality are just too subjective in this world. What is good for one person, isn’t necessarily good for another.

By: Peeves

Peeves — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 21:43:16 +0000

It didn’t instill guilt..since it was already there yes..but it planted the idea that her action hurt the feelings of someone she loved and who loved her. You feel guilty because you’re taught it’s wrong..but when you go beyond and realize the true consequences of your actions then that experience makes you understand *why* stealing is wrong.

By: Phil

Phil — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 21:30:48 +0000

“…worked better in instilling the sense of right and wrong”.
Um, worked better than what?
Great technique, but the fact that the child came back with a guilty look, and responded as she did shows that she *already* had an understanding of right and wrong.
The above scenario was a great to re-enforce that knowledge, but that knowledge was already “instilled”.

By: Mr. Binky

Mr. Binky — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 18:45:27 +0000

“Micheal?” “She?” “Dress?” “Darlin’?”

By: XuYu

XuYu — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 18:37:15 +0000

Ah-ha! See! This is exactly why girl clothes DON’T HAVE pockets.

Had she been a BOY, she would’ve gotten AWAY WITH IT!

By: XuYu

XuYu — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 18:35:41 +0000

Isn’t this why they make POCKETS?