Aesop's fable about a child stealing is explained by an idiom or a famous China epigram.

"Steal needles when you are young, and steal gold when you grow up"

Answer with a story.

There is a folk story about "stealing needles when I was a child and stealing gold when I grew up". It's about a mother who praises her child's "ability" instead of stopping education. As a result, the child grew up, stole gold and silver and committed a capital crime. Before his execution, he bit off his mother's nipple on the pretext of wanting to drink her milk, so as to blame her for conniving him into the road of crime. Parents who prevent others from calling the police seem to have followed the mother's footsteps in the story. Children have been stealing since they were eight years old. If they are educated in time, they can embark on the right path. It is naive to think that everything will be all right if we compensate our neighbors for their losses. Today, when a child steals with a needle and thread, parents can still take money to "settle". Tomorrow, if the child pokes a "big hole", parents can only "sigh". I hope every parent can remember the story of "stealing needles when he was a child and stealing gold when he grew up" and be a competent parent.