The first time I found a child stealing from a supermarket,

One day in March, I went to clean May's room and collected a bunch of things from under her bed before she went to bed. I felt something was wrong at that time. Some were my sister's Barbie dolls and some were candy. Looking at the child's frightened and overwhelmed expression, I instantly realized that the child might have taken something from someone else. I was thinking about what I should do. Now the mistake has happened. If I give her a scolding now, the child will feel that it will be all right after scolding. What if she takes it back again and again?

I told myself in my heart that the child is only over five years old, and there must be a reason to secretly get back what I want. I looked at the child and muttered, don't tell dad ... I was afraid I would be angry, but I called dad.

Dad was very calm and asked the child why and when he took it. Does his sister know when he took it? Only after asking did I know that the child followed his grandmother to the supermarket to buy food and stole candy from the supermarket. No one noticed her. She said that she knew grandma wouldn't buy it for her, so she thought about taking it away secretly.

Finally, dad said, you should go to bed if you are late today. I will accompany you to the supermarket to return it on Saturday, and then apologize to others. I can't do this anymore. If you like, you can tell your parents to buy it for you. If mom and dad don't promise to buy it for you, they will definitely tell you the reason.

This time, finding the father of the child is quite awesome. Perhaps many times, when parents face their children's problems, they will give them a scolding first, and then add a punishment or humiliation, but this is not conducive to the children to correct their mistakes, and even the children don't know where they are wrong.

When children make mistakes, we must first be clear. The mistake has happened, and what we can do now is to remedy it. Then try to choose a suitable time and private space to talk about this problem with children, indicating the seriousness of the problem. Tell your child that you did something wrong, not because you stole the candy, but because mom and dad want to tell you that if you want something, you have to fight for it through your own efforts, not opportunistic or even unearned. No matter whether others look at you or not, we should manage ourselves, control ourselves and do the right thing ourselves. Making mistakes doesn't mean you are a bad boy. As long as you correct your mistakes, you will be a good boy in the future.

We didn't tell anyone about it from beginning to end, nor did we mention it in front of our family, because it is as important for children to maintain their self-esteem as to correct their mistakes.