How do I stop the theft in my house?

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So, I’ve had a pretty bad theft problem going on in my house recently.

My mom and I will have some money stored up somewhere, and it’ll disappear. We hadn’t spent it, or even took it out of the house. Then mysteriously, my little brother will have money. More often than not, the exact amount that.went missing. Sometimes more.

He always claims that the money came from our dad, who supposedly gives him the money for helping him out outside of the house. When we confront my brother about it, he bursts into tears, and starts screaming and throwing things and hitting them. He goes on a miniature rampage, then runs whining to our dad, who threatens to kick me out.

If we take.the money back, my brother still screams and cries. If we give him his cash back, he still cries, then runs to our dad. And then he claims we didn’t pay him t, and demands more money.

This just recently happened today too. I had $3 go missing. I admit, I jumped to conclusions, and suspected my brother. I took a dollar I found in his lunchbox. When he confronted me about it( yelling and screaming mind you) I gave it back to him. He claimed I didn’t, and demanded the money again. I offered him some money I did have, he refused, and demanded money.from our mom. He mentioned he had a dollar in his pocket though.

We often find other stuff of ours in my brother’s room, such as movies and games. But more often than not, we’ve always had money disappear.

My dad doesn’t believe my brother could ever steal, he thinks the world of my brother. He thinks we’re just hallucinating on our stuff disappearing. Yet, he has money seemingly all the time, and often gives money to my brother, occasionally, the exact amount I have missing.

How do we stop this theft?

Category: Tags: asked September 3, 2014

2 Answers

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Honestly, the fact that your Dad sides with your brother when his behaviour is ridiculous over you AND you mum is horrendous. Try to talk to your Dad when all money is currently accounted for and there's no screaming brother in the background. Team up with your mum too. Tell him you are both having this problem and have been for a while. Tell him to stop enabling your brother. As long as he learns that he can getting away with stealing, it's going to cause him escalate as he gets older. Don't even let him turn it into "boys will be boys", because boys who steal turn into actual thieves. If you can't get your Dad on board straight away, be persistent. Don't let him shrug you off. In the meantime, talk with your Mum and see if there are ways she can punish him, like thieves don't get dessert. The only other thing I can tell you is keep your money on you and/or find new places to put it. Put it on the high shelf behind whatever's on the self, in your closet, your underwear draw, movie and game cases (highly recommend)- be creative. What in your room never gets touched/is hard to get to/isn't a typical place to hide money (so, avoid under your mattress). I hope this helps. Good luck. x
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Also, don't give him your money to shut him up! I know all you want his to do is stop him screaming like a dying banshee but this is enabling him too. Just walk away. Lock yourself in the bathroom with your headphones in for 10 minutes if you have to. Whatever you do, don't give him money. It's yours.