[jennh1982]

am in need of some advice. I have a 7 year old stepdaughter who came to live with us in 2007, the year her father and I got married. She has no contact with the other side and has not had for over a year. -Just a little background-

Last night her teacher gave us a ring that is mine that she had stolen and brought to school several times. The ring was an expensive gift from her father to me on my birthday. This is not the first thing she has stolen... She started out stealing jewlery from his mother and taking it to school, then that stopped. Then she was stealing my jewlry and makeup. I have moved all my makeup out of the bathroom so now there was just that ring and some necklaces. Now lastnight when we got home, I removed anything from the bathroom that I though she might want to steal.

I am just very confused right now, she does not steal from her dad. He says it is because she loves me and wants attention from me is why she does it. That is also why he says he is not going to get involved this time. He has in the past but he thinks we need to try just me handling it... We have taken toys away for other things she does that she is not supposed to so there is not much more to take away.

Why would she be doing this?
How do I handle it?

Thanks so much