Home | How It Works | Stats Login | Register         Case: Stealing in Kindergarten I have a student who steals. She went into another students backpack and took her lunch money. It is appropriate to tell the student that if she steals when she grows up that she will go to jail? Solution: (Rates are posted for this solution!) I don't see anything wrong with telling the student of serious consequences, otherwise how will they change their behavior? That sad thing too is that this seems to be some type of learned behavior, because I can't believe a kindergarten child would think to do that on their own!                 Rating The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) Yes The suggested solution is relevant to the case Yes The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement Yes The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue Yes The suggested solution is original Yes Comments: I agree, they need to know real life consequenses. Rated On: February 23, 2015 11:44 pm Rated By: Sydbug                 Rating The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) No The suggested solution is relevant to the case No The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement No The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue No The suggested solution is original No Comments: This is a kindergarten student, not an adult who can follow the reasoning of "if you steal, you're going to jail." Why not have a lesson about stealing and the effects it has on others, including how the people you steal from feel. Rated On: February 25, 2015 3:36 am Rated By: BeMyDu                 Rating The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) No The suggested solution is relevant to the case Yes The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement Yes The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue No The suggested solution is original No Comments: Here is my issue, if you tell them they will go to jail when they grow up they will think that they can continue to steal until they grow up because nothing bad will happen now. Rated On: February 25, 2015 3:29 pm Rated By: Autumn Carroll                 Rating The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) Yes The suggested solution is relevant to the case Yes The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement Yes The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue Yes The suggested solution is original Yes Comments: I agree children need to know the severity of consequences for their actions. Rated On: February 26, 2015 2:36 pm Rated By: Tabitha Tirado                 Rating The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) Yes The suggested solution is relevant to the case Yes The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement Yes The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue Yes The suggested solution is original Yes Comments: I have to agree with you on that this must be a learned behavior. Rated On: February 28, 2015 9:48 pm Rated By: JugaVu                 Rating The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) No The suggested solution is relevant to the case No The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement No The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue No The suggested solution is original No Comments: This is not a good solution to this case, the student will not understand the severity of jail and will not link that she needs to stop stealing now. Rated On: March 1, 2015 3:17 am Rated By: LedaQy                 Rating The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) No The suggested solution is relevant to the case No The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement No The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue No The suggested solution is original No Comments: Rated On: March 1, 2015 5:23 am Rated By: apazeR                 Rating The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) Yes The suggested solution is relevant to the case Yes The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement No The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue No The suggested solution is original No Comments: I do think there are many issues with saying this to a student. Rated On: March 1, 2015 11:32 pm Rated By: gumeje                 Rating The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) Yes The suggested solution is relevant to the case Yes The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement Yes The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue Yes The suggested solution is original Yes Comments: I agree with this suggestion Rated On: March 2, 2015 2:48 am Rated By: meMeRa                 Rating The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) No The suggested solution is relevant to the case No The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement No The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue No The suggested solution is original No Comments: i disagree with this view on it being a learn behavior. Rated On: March 2, 2015 3:43 am Rated By: eLuLeD                 Rating The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) No The suggested solution is relevant to the case Yes The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement No The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue No The suggested solution is original No Comments: Just as the above solution suggests, the student is too young to have any connection to the meaning of "going to jail" this is a too far off idea for a young child and it needs to be explained to her as a current consequence. Rated On: March 3, 2015 12:48 am Rated By: eWeHaz                 Rating The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) No The suggested solution is relevant to the case No The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement No The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue No The suggested solution is original No Comments: I think a 5 year old would not understand the jail concept. Rated On: July 1, 2015 6:51 pm Rated By: huQeTe                 Rating The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) No The suggested solution is relevant to the case No The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement No The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue No The suggested solution is original No Comments: The student should hear about consequences, but ones that are relevant to their life at that time. Rated On: October 3, 2015 4:40 pm Rated By: aDuvej                 Rating The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) No The suggested solution is relevant to the case No The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement No The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue No The suggested solution is original No Comments: Though I agree that a student should be told consequences. Telling the child that she will go to jail seams like something that would not fix the problem but rather would just scare the child. Rated On: October 18, 2015 9:43 pm Rated By: tygaBu                 Rating The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) No The suggested solution is relevant to the case No The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement No The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue No The suggested solution is original No Comments: I don't think this is a good solution. Rated On: October 18, 2015 10:39 pm Rated By: punybu                 Rating The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) No The suggested solution is relevant to the case No The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement No The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue No The suggested solution is original No Comments: This is wrong, I would not do this. Rated On: March 3, 2017 6:08 am Rated By: udaXuh                 Rating The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) No The suggested solution is relevant to the case No The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement No The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue No The suggested solution is original No Comments: Children do small things like this, it is normal. Telling them they will go to jail will not get them to understand or grasp the situation. Rated On: March 4, 2017 11:40 pm Rated By: quJuja                 Rating The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) Yes The suggested solution is relevant to the case Yes The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement Yes The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue Yes The suggested solution is original Yes Comments: I agree. It's important to put stuff into perspective for children. Rated On: October 11, 2017 11:53 am Rated By: aduNaQ                 Rating The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) Yes The suggested solution is relevant to the case Yes The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement Yes The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue Yes The suggested solution is original Yes Comments: I agree. The student should be aware that their actions were wrong. Rated On: February 26, 2018 4:21 am Rated By: LyruPa                 Rating The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) No The suggested solution is relevant to the case No The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement No The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue No The suggested solution is original No Comments: I don't agree telling the child she's going to jail seems like a harsh approach if you ask me I think there other definitely more appropriate ways to handle the situation. Rated On: October 13, 2018 5:51 pm Rated By: Rachel                 Rating The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) No The suggested solution is relevant to the case No The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement No The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue No The suggested solution is original No Comments: There's better ways to change student behavior than scaring them into thinking they're going to go to jail when they grow up. Rated On: February 19, 2020 7:24 pm Rated By: Torii Podmokly                 Rating The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) No The suggested solution is relevant to the case No The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement No The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue No The suggested solution is original No Comments: I disagree. The student should be taught to behave better, not scared into changing behavior. Rated On: February 22, 2020 3:23 pm Rated By: Michelle Cummings                 Rating The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) No The suggested solution is relevant to the case No The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement No The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue No The suggested solution is original No Comments: It's definitely picked up behavior they've seen. Maybe from watching tv or maybe from parents idk. But nowadays these little kids are smarter than what we think.. Also as early as kindergarten believe that they would steal cause they would. Rated On: November 8, 2021 3:20 am Rated By: uguZyt                 Rating The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) No The suggested solution is relevant to the case Yes The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement No The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue No The suggested solution is original No Comments: I don't think any lasting benefit will stem from threatening jail time to a kindergartener. They most likely will have a hard time even grasping such a concept and if they do they'll be met with unnecessary fear. Instead, I think it's better to relate to them through a lesson on the importance of kindness, permission, and possible consequences in the classroom. Rated On: July 24, 2023 2:48 am Rated By: zyzuDy