what to do if someone keeps stealing ur TF's

[nofacej]

okey dokey this the is what's happen at the mo he's been 'punished' by not being able 2 go 2 the local townsville show but it's not just the stealing thats only a small part.here is alittle bit of what he's done in the last 3 months, he has cut the hoses and saftey lines and electrical cables and brake airlines on the truck,he's also bullying other kids,he's also stolen money of people,he's been suspended for a month from school etc etc.now the punishment he receive's is no where near what he should be getting and if i say anything to him i'm the bad guy and then they tell me he's had a hard life.he's been with my mother in law since he was 2 weeks old and has had a great life.i can't kick him out because the others should not have to suffer because of him.so i've decided to just pack them up and put them into storage so looks like i won't be able to enjoy my hobby.

This is clearly about a lot more than Transformers here, and I have to say it might be in the best interest of the kid for you to be the bad guy. His behaviour needs to be corrected and his Grandmother has to realise she's not protecting him by defending him but rather causing significant damage. The longer this goes on the harder it's going to be to change his behaviours.

[kup]

i wish he actually lives with us.he and his sister are cared for by my mother in law.i've told her but thats also ineffective.

Lock the room where the toys are. This kid is clearly out of control because he has never been given any restrictions or made to understand that there are consequences to his actions.

He is going to end up turning into a sociopath that will most likely end up in prison. If not corrected now, it will be a lot worse when he is older.

[GoktimusPrime]

iamirondude: you're not the bad guy. He may just think that way because some other adults aren't being on side with you in reinforcing expectations and rules and consequences consistently with him. But you stick to your guns and hang in there man. You never need to apologise for having high standards (if anything, other adults in the house may need to lift their standards up to match yours). I suspect a lack of consistent standards/expectations (and enforcement thereof) may have contributed to this child's current attitude and behaviour. When it comes to dealing with behaviour management, I always find Ultra Magnus to be a great source of wisdom... "Consistency IS victory."

[liegeprime]

okey dokey this the is what's happen at the mo he's been 'punished' by not being able 2 go 2 the local townsville show but it's not just the stealing thats only a small part.here is alittle bit of what he's done in the last 3 months, he has cut the hoses and saftey lines and electrical cables and brake airlines on the truck,he's also bullying other kids,he's also stolen money of people,he's been suspended for a month from school etc etc.now the punishment he receive's is no where near what he should be getting and if i say anything to him i'm the bad guy and then they tell me he's had a hard life.he's been with my mother in law since he was 2 weeks old and has had a great life.i can't kick him out because the others should not have to suffer because of him.so i've decided to just pack them up and put them into storage so looks like i won't be able to enjoy my hobby.

a few broken bones should set him straight

[iamirondude]

the wife and mother in law have just come back from the shops and lo and behold he's got TF's they brought him,so she wont tahe him to the show but will spend that money on toys for him so i'm going out threre and when he turns his back i'm gonna hide them.lets see how he feels when it happens to him.

[SuspectimusPrime]

It may be beneficial for the hand that eventually strikes to be from a third party. Once this kid gets himself into some serious trouble where he's going to really start fearing for his life, he just might become self aware and understand that there will not always be somebody there to forgive and forget. Then he just might think back to the food on the table and the bed he slept on that was provided for by the good iamirondude clan.

[GoktimusPrime]

the wife and mother in law have just come back from the shops and lo and behold he's got TF's they brought him,so she wont tahe him to the show but will spend that money on toys for him

"I must apologise for Wimp Lo, he is an idiot. We purposely trained him wrong, as a joke." - Master Tang (Kung Pow: Enter The Fist)

[iamirondude]

well its a hour into it and he's panicing and blameing everyone 4 his TF's missing and i'm trying my hardest to keep a straight face.but the other thing is the M-I-L still says he only took 1 or 2 different items but i called bullshit on them.

[Ode to a Grasshopper]

So, fun and poetically just as that is: what's your long-term plan for stopping Klepto from ending up in prison and/or beaten to a pulp by an irate non-relative victim of his exploits @ iamirondude? And how are you going to get the missus and the M-I-L onside to get him the help he obviously needs to straighten up?
It seems to me there's a bigger issue here than just TFs going walkies, and that's really the issue that Clan iamirondude needs to be looking at.

If he grows up and cuts someone else's brake lines and they get in a serious accident as a result, that's kind of a big deal and he'll be doing time for it.

[iamirondude]

just got home from ozformer grevious's house and walked straight into a shitstorm.they think i'm picking on him cause they say he doesn't know what he's doing.i call bullshit on that.he knows excatly what he's doing and he's playing on it,i know it,our friends know it but their blind to it and they keep harping on how he's had a hard life.they don't know the meaning of hard. so hopefully he does what he does here to someone else and cops a flogging for it.