I joined this forum hoping someone may have ideas or just a listening ear. I have a 10-year old who is destroying the fabric of our family right now. He is constantly stealing and lying about it. Stealing to us is defined as taking anything that belongs to someone else that you didn't ask for. Seems pretty simple. He will steal anything. Yesterday, it was a book that belongs to his stepmother which has her name written inside of it. When confronted about it, he claimed the school gave it to him. Her name is written in the book in cursive. I can only assume he didn't recognize the hieroglypics. This is not an isolated incident. This is a daily thing. He steals extra snacks (especially high sugar stuff), books that belong to his sisters, school supplies from his sisters bookbags. You name it, he steals it. We've tried pretty much every consequence possible Timeouts (He antagonizes and pretty much refuses) Grounding to his room (He'll just come out anyhow when nobody's looking) Reasoning (He'll always say the right things) Counselling (He's been to several counsellors) Psychiatrist (He previously had an ADHD diagnosis and was on some meds but I'm not even sure this was an accurate diagnosis tbh) There's probably a list of a whole bunch more things I can't think of. We're constantly dealing with this one child (We have 4) and the other kids are suffering. The only time we get any peace here is when we send him to stay with his grandparents for a couple of days. Ironically, he seems to behave there. As long as he can all the attention, get whatever he wants, he seems fine. As soon as he can't, he's a nightmare. Who has been through this and does anyone have ideas? At Wit's End