u/Which-Lavishness-487

My kiddo is 9 and a half, the past year and a half has been by far the most challenging we have experienced. Lately he has been taking things from classmates, candy, class money etc. he knows stealing is wrong and feels immense guilt after. I think his reason behind doing it is that it gives him a rush, a dopamine hit to brain. Does he understand that? Not likely. I do know he feels awful and thinks he’s a bad person for doing these things. Has anyone else experienced something similar with their kids, anything that potentially helped? Thanks