Stealing - A Psychological Disorder

The habit of stealing is a childhood disorder that is observed in children or teens and is of concern to parents, as their children may turn out to be if not monitored as juvenile delinquent. While this is also a disorder that results following post traumatic stress disorders and is diagnosed in conjunction as a symptom of depression following the trauma.

While there is nothing unusual when you see the child in the age group of three to five years old to take other things, this is a serious metal health disorder to be checked for children above this age who need not be told that this is a wrong habit. The habit of stealing comes from parents and past family history will indicate how the little one is grown up, as an angel or as a little brat that has to be "Scat! Scat! The Brat!" Children are thought about property rights by their parents, for example, children will be confused if you are going to teach them not to take other's properties and come back home with pens and stationaries from your office, which is, in fact provided to your for official purpose.

Reasons for Stealing Habits:

While there are many other reasons, which were identified to be responsible for teenage and juvenile stealers.

 1. If one of the siblings are adored with more gifts and affection, the other may steal to compensate.

2. Teenage stealing is an act of bravery for peer acceptation amongst their circle of friends, and is also a behavioral tendency to claim the authority of being the bully and not become the victim of bullying.

3. Children being enslaved and deprived of independancy will tend to steal for independancy.

Measures To Prevent and Treat Stealing Habits:

Some of the best ways to get ride of stealing habits from your siblings and teens is to adopt one or more of the following strategies, initially at home:

1. Monitoring the child without their knowledge and let them know that stealing is a bad social habit, and will make them to lose good friends and relationships.

2. Make them compensate immediately for the stolen object.

3. Prevent the child form enjoying the fruits of the stolen objects.

4. Find better ways and options of teaching your child to feel how the person losing things will be affected.

5. Make this a point that this behavior will have an impact on the reputation of the family background and also on the consequence of this demeneaour could lead to breaking the law.

4. Find out what is lacking for the affected child and try to close the gap with the other sibling.

If the problem persists, and the child refuses to accept the act of stealing and the stolen object in a proper manner, then there is a chance that the stealing behavior will reoccur. Now, is the time for the family to think about seeking a professional help, by taking the child for evaluation by a child and adolescent psychiatrist.