What would you do as punishment if your child did this?

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I dished up some pizza for the kids for lunch and when i turned my back and my 6yo went to the toilet, someone took her pizza. My 10 year old step daughter said the baby (aged 3) did it and i told her off for pinching food. I had to get miss 6 another meal and it was a real inconvenience... so anyway fast forward an hr and my step daughter let slip it was in fact HER who ate it. I told her she is old enough to know better if she was still hungry she could have said and she just sulked like a big baby and refused to apologise for blaming it on Evie. So i felt sooo bad for going off at Evie for something she didnt do. How can i stop my step daughter from lying to my face?

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I'd punish for lying, not food taking.

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lying is unacceptable in my household.

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I would have got a spanking. I learned really fast that way. 🤷🏼‍♀️

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You sit down with the 10 y/o and explain to her very calmly that if she is still hungry, it’s ok to ask for more food. It’s not good manners to take food off someone else’s plate. And it’s perfectly fine  to ask for what she feels she needs.  
Spanking, yelling, etc will only destroy the comfort zone between you guys. 
My daughter had a friend over for a play date. The friend was trying to hide a toy in her pocket as she was getting ready to leave and both her mom and myself saw it. Personally, I don’t care about giving a toy to another kid so it doesn’t even make a difference to me. But just to help her understand what’s right and wrong, all 3 of us sat in the steps and asked her what’s in her hand. I told her..listen...when you need something you ask mama for it first... if it’s something u can have mama will never say no to you but you have to tell first. Taking it by urself without asking is not a good habit.     It’s only to help kids be open and honest with you rather than punishing them for every little thing they do that bothers you. Sometimes u have to just take that situation and handle it differently (rather than out of anger) to help kids understand the difference between right and wrong.

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No screen time for 24 hours. Give her a book, and send her to bed. Keep your eye on that one 😒

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Natural consequences: she lied, now you check up on her more and trust her less until she proves she can be honest.

What would you do as punishment if your child did this?

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