One of those days when a mother's heart is nearly ripped apart



I could never imagine my own son could have the courage to shoplift. Here below is a write up I shared on Facebook about the devastating events



Loving him tough all the way to the police station and more (20.02.19)



Sometimes all the love you show can't stop the child from deliquescence. Tough love becomes very necessary the earlier the better.



It was thanks to another major delinquency at home, the hiding of his brother's phone to supposedly punish the later, that everything came to light.



The chocolates he had been stealing from Carefour market (a super market not too far from home), the oufer and headset.



I had to take them to the police station this morning and write a formal complaint because this morning even after the phone was discovered thanks to its alarm, he denied taking the phone.



After the police station, I brought him with the stolen things first to Carefour Market and then to Mahima (another super market) where he stole 2 body sprays.



It is never easy especially to realize all the love and efforts you show can still have such traumatic cracks.



But, I decided to show such extreme tough love now and not later. The security head at both shops took his statement and talked to him very sternly; he is also forbidden from entering those shops again. I had to pay for all the items stolen close to 20.000frs, they didn't put penalties because I brought him myself.



He says he was seeing his friends with goodies in school and wanted his. When he stole once and wasn't caught he felt comfortable doing it again and again from the two supermarkets.



Lord help us parents' especially single parents.



Sadly, when I called his dad he told me it was my cup of tea. I refuse to play the blame game nor look at where the genetic predisposition could be coming from tschuippppp. I equally refuse to care about reputation and blablabla



Some Takeaways from my son's shoplifting saga:
1) Some children do shoplift not out of lack but peer pressure
2) Some parents may cover their children up out of pride, but not me o
3) prayers work. The shop had his file ready to take to his school, they had already noticed him in his school uniform 3 times. He has shoplifted a total of 6 times in one shop and 2 times in another shop
4) Our most quiet may be the most smooth mischief
5) Sibling issues can be solved by them in the most vicious way we can imagine (cold bloodedly hiding his brother's phone out of the house under a stone, and swearing heaven and hell he knows nothing about the whereabouts of the phone)
6) Thant I indeed love him unconditionally
7) That some still care even if you don't talk all year round, I was so moved and feel so blessed o Amen



All is well now, I mean that same evening we all gathered for our healing circle and the matter was laid to rest as we broke bread together to put it so.

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