Women calls cops on shoplifting 6 year old.

[catycatcat4]

COLUMBUS, Ohio — An Ohio woman is defending her decision to call police after she discovered her 6-year-old daughter had shoplifted a package of stickers.
Diane Lyons of the village of Carrollton in eastern Ohio says she wanted to teach her daughter a lesson early in life.
The 31-year-old Lyons was shopping at a drugstore Dec. 15 when another daughter told her that 6-year-old Shiane had taken the temporary-tattoo stickers.
Lyons asked a drugstore employee to call Carrollton police. A police report says Chief Ronald Yeager took the girl to the police station, where she was released to her mother.
Lyons says she thought briefly about claiming a $30 reward for identifying shoplifters but decided not to.

Thats crazy.
The mom should have sent the kid to bed early and make her return what she stole.

 

[roliepolieoliefan]

Agreed! seen this on the news this morning., What a loon!

 

[krcit]

Hmmm, I don't know. I bet she'll never steal again.

 

[happygirl]

Putting on my flame suit. I bet this child will never steal anything again. So many times parents hide or cover up there childs crime.

Now if the mother only did this to get reward money that is wrong.

 

[MomNeedsVacay]

I don't think its crazy...the kid needs to learn that she broke a law.... I think the police officer talking to her should have been enough though...

 

[xoprincessmomxo]

Scare tactic parenting. I don't know. If it was her first time stealing, I would say that was complete over reacting. But, if this girl had a history of taking things that didn't belong, maybe it was a good lesson. I agree, the police officer talking to her should have been enough.

 

[Phil'sFrontier]

I say sentance her as an adult...it's the only way they'll learn.

Shoplifting is a gateway to bank robberies. lol

 

[roliepolieoliefan]

She's 6. Not 16, for goodness sake.

I have a 6 yo DD. Just the other day she came home from kindergarten with a soccerer Mickey antenna topper. I asked her where she got it. She said she seen it on the shelf at school and thought I would like it so she brought it home.

We had a long talk about stealing, not taking stuff that is hers etc and she took it to school the next day and gave it back to the teacher.

If my line of thinking was like the mothers in the story, I should have called the principal and got my daughter suspended.

Yep harsh just like the kid in the story. I think its another case of passing the buck. The mother didn't want to be the bad guy so call the cops and let them enforce a punishment. Gees!

 

[Wall-E1]

I think it's commendable what this mother did. I like the no nonsense approach. This lesson will stick with the little girl. She just taught her daughter how serious her actions were. Better this happened when she was six, rather than sixteen.

 

[MIGrandma]

I think it's commendable what this mother did. I like the no nonsense approach. This lesson will stick with the little girl. She just taught her daughter how serious her actions were. Better this happened when she was six, rather than sixteen.

I agree.

 

[cheermom1]

I think she over reacted - this is crazy all she had to do was talk to the kid make her give it back and apologize -- having to return and talking to them would have been enough to scare a 6 yr old!!!

now if she was older and had a history of stealing and this was a last resort for the mom and could see it..she was 6!

I agree with the pp about she was passing the buck

 

[happygirl]

I think she over reacted - this is crazy all she had to do was talk to the kid make her give it back and apologize -- having to return and talking to them would have been enough to scare a 6 yr old!!!

now if she was older and had a history of stealing and this was a last resort for the mom and could see it..she was 6!

I agree with the pp about she was passing the buck

I think giving it back and just having to aplolgize isn't enough because next tiime she steals she will think no biggie if I get caught I just have to say I'm sorry and give it back. Maybe if she remember she has to go to jail she will think twice about it

 

[sunnyday123]

When DD was little, she thought by putting something in her bag or purse, she had "buyed" it. I can't tell you how many times I took stuff back and she apologized saying she had buyed it but was bringing it back now. She just didn't get how to purchase something, so we had a few shopping days where she got money and we went through the motions. I also explained to her what stealing was, that it was bad, and could involve jail. She was 3-4-ish but I think a 6 year old might just need a talking to from the manager or mall cop.

Although, maybe this kid was a real terror and Mom wanted to really scare her. Bet she'll never steal anything again.

 

[cheermom1]

I think giving it back and just having to aplolgize isn't enough because next tiime she steals she will think no biggie if I get caught I just have to say I'm sorry and give it back. Maybe if she remember she has to go to jail she will think twice about it

Maybe it would maybe not? but I would at least give a 6 the benefit of the doubt and give her AGE appropriate punishment and IF that didn't work then yes the punishment needs to be stepped up it next time..but to call the cops on a 6 yr old? I'm not seeing it...

 

[Wall-E1]

I agree with the pp about she was passing the buck

Are you people serious? Passing the buck would be ignoring the situation, or maybe telling the dad later. This mother faced the problem head on and handled it amazingly. Imagine how hard it is to call the police on your own child. She did this because it was the right thing to do, and she knew what an important message her daughter would learn from this. She went above and beyond what many parents would have done in this situation. This daughter will benefit because of her mother's actions, and facing the situation head on.

 

[cheermom1]

Are you people serious? Passing the buck would be ignoring the situation, or maybe telling the dad later. This mother faced the problem head on and handled it amazingly. Imagine how hard it is to call the police on your own child. She did this because it was the right thing to do, and she knew what an important message her daughter would learn from this. She went above and beyond what many parents would have done in this situation. This daughter will benefit because of her mother's actions, and facing the situation head on.

I agree she will never forget but I still think the mother over reacted just my opinion here..But you know theis child being only 6 may not have known how the process of buying something was? and if she didn't then she may not have understood why she was taken to the jail - she needed to be explained that what she did was stealing and what would happen if you do ...you can't throw them to the wolves without teaching them right form wrong first...

 

[Wall-E1]

I agree she will never forget but I still think the mother over reacted just my opinion here..

I could see how some would have the opinion that the mother over reacted. However, the opinion that the mother was just "passing the buck" is completely absurd.

 

[cheermom1]

I could see how some would have the opinion that the mother over reacted. However, the opinion that the mother was just "passing the buck" is completely absurd.

Still that is your opinion not mine...

 

[MizTink]

a co-worker was in a gas station with his 4 or 5 year old son. he caught the boy trying to steal a candy bar. the dad took off his belt and wacked the kid several times right there in the store. he argued with the clerk, who was threatening to call the police on him. dad's reasoning was that he had to "fix" his son before it was too late.

 

[bgirldeb]

I would think the embarrassment of them having to take the item back to the store and apologize would make a big enough impression. That, maybe coupled with a 'next time it will be the police' should do the trick.