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Title: young children stealing Post by: hochh on November 26, 2009, 11:50:47 PM Kvod Mechanchim
We currently have an issue with a student in a younger class stealing from his classmates. Has anyone had any experience with this? kol tuv gut shabbos R' Shmuel Yosef Hochhauser Melbourne Austarlia Title: Re: young children stealing Post by: judybickford on December 13, 2009, 06:25:13 PM I have had this problem in the past. Without being angry, confront the child privately. Don't ask if they did it, rather, give them the opportunity to explain why it happened. For our student it was two fold: to please other children and and because he really wanted the item. We told him how dissappointed we were and appealed to the child's sense of empathy. How would they feel?etc. We tell the children daily that the way they can show that they care about their friend is to use words of kindness and helping each other and not necessarily giving presents to each other because that is what our student did. This needs to be stated frequently because we live in a very materialistic society. I also found this brief but interesting article: http://www.preschooltools.org/kb1/entry/32/. Chanukah Sameach!!
Title: Re: young children stealing Post by: moses guttman on January 28, 2013, 09:22:42 AM Most children in this age are egocentric, meaning they don't know other people exist other then them. With little explanation, not downgrading the child you can show him how it hurts when you take away someones belongings.
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