Q. I am writing on our daughter's behalf and asking what to do about her daughter (age 4) stealing her brother's money, and more recently, her cousin's money despite my daughter's efforts to control the stealing. The amounts are just a few dollars but my daughter is troubled by the thefts.

A. (BEGIN ITALS) Taking (END ITALS) money might be a more appropriate word than (BEGIN ITALS) stealing, (END ITALS) considering we are talking about a 4-year-old. I wonder what a child that young had ...

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