Why is my teen-age daughter stealing?...

[DanaC]

I did. I don't feel bad about doing it. I don't think it was a particularly good solution, and I certainly wouldn't advocate it as a survival strategy, but I made my decisions based on the situation I was in, and my relationship with the world, at the time. I woldn't go back and change anything. I learned some valuable things during that time. I learned a good deal about how people can be when none of you have anything.

[classicman]

Originally Posted by DanaC

I wasn't ashamed of it. ~snip~ I don't feel bad about doing it. ~snip~ I wouldn't go back and change anything.

I stole things and did things as a boy also - I think most people did, but at this point in your life to look back and not feel regret, based on years of reading your posts, shocks the hell outta me. I'm still having trouble grasping the concept of "It was ok to take from someone else because _ _ _ _."
I did things as a teen and even into my early 20's that I could justify, but were still wrong nonetheless and I know that and look back, as you put it, harshly. I am absolutely ashamed of some things I did and feel regret for doing them ever time I think about them. It makes me think about thing more know than ever. I put myself on the other side of the equation more and wonder how I would feel if "that action" was done to me.