My 8 yrold stole lollies i marched him back in the shop the lady really told him off, then a week later he stole sun glasses from target his granny took him back to target then the police station the police talking to him really scared him and hasnt stolen since. But when i was in labour with my daughter i went to the shop and my last of my money ($50) was missing from my purse so i went to see my other 2 kids that were at there granny's and my oldest (was 6 at the time) said i took it to school and buried it in the playground with a stick sticking out so i know where it was. His granny took him up and luckly it was still here the stick was gone but. It was ripped a tiny bit so he thought it was no good and took it, He got the biggest lecture great timming to. I suggest getting a lock on your bedroom door and putting money and phones etc in here. Good luck.   

Even though your daughter has everything that she needs, she probably just wants to have money of her own so she can buy her own things.

She is at a good age now to be given harder chores like washing the car, babysitting (while you are around) vaccuming and give her pocket money for it.  This way she has earned the money, so you need to be prepared for her to spend it how she likes!

My son is 11 and he does the mowing for $15 and sometimes saves the money for something special or just buys himself a chocolate occasionally.

Another thing that works is to write a list of heaps of small jobs such as feed the chooks, water the plants, pick up 5 things off the bedroom floor etc and put 20-50c on each of them so the child has a choice on what they do. If they do only one job - they only get 50c etc.  This works really well for my son, he usually does all the jobs in the end and then comes back asking for more!!

I hope this helps...

Our 12 year old daughter started doing that...

We first discovered it when getting some cash from my partners purse for the kids school expenses and found the money missing. We made a little scene, and asked who was responsible.........well on the way to school the youngest said "Look what I just found on the floor of the car" and handed over a $50 note.

It turned out she was being pressured by a certain little known trouble maker who was daring her to steal the cash and give it to her.  By doing this our daughter was to be accepted into the "group". Well we made sure our daughter knew that she was in the wrong, and that she would have to earn our trust back......something that is yet to be fully realized.

The School counselor was great in this case, however getting our daughter to go was problematic...

In your case there is probably something similar in the works....maybe a need to have money in her pocket to be cool like the other kids......Peer pressure is a cruel mistress that makes our kids do silly things.

Go to your Doctor and ask for an appointment with a Councellor so they can see if there isa reason for her doing this, also speak to her school councellor and see what they can do.

I would speak to the Seargent as well and see what they suggest you do, it might be an idea to take her there and have them speak to her.