It's part of childhood. I stole a kit kat when I was that age. When I got home I ate it quickly to destroy the evidence and it tasted like four large sticks of guilt. I didn't steal again until I was 14.
Now that kid has about 14 sticks of guilt to chew up and gum is more difficult evidence to destroy than a kit kat. Theoretically, he will not steal again until he is...35 years old,perhaps older since it takes 7 years for gum to be digested. Hell, he might never steal again.
Either that, or he will lie to his mom for the first time in his little life, telling her "Daddy bought me the gum," and he will be a ruined clepto liar with no friends for the rest of his life.
I didn't do anything to stop a shoplifter when I saw him steal...
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It's part of childhood. I stole a kit kat when I was that age. When I got home I ate it quickly to destroy the evidence and it tasted like four large sticks of guilt. I didn't steal again until I was 14.
Now that kid has about 14 sticks of guilt to chew up and gum is more difficult evidence to destroy than a kit kat. Theoretically, he will not steal again until he is...35 years old,perhaps older since it takes 7 years for gum to be digested. Hell, he might never steal again.
Either that, or he will lie to his mom for the first time in his little life, telling her "Daddy bought me the gum," and he will be a ruined clepto liar with no friends for the rest of his life.
Pray for him.