"Stealing candy from kids is a shitty thing to do in general, but to steal it from your own kids and then let each think their brother was responsible is really low and is creating trust issues between them. My wife thinks she is doing nothing wrong because they can "spare it" since they come home with buckets of candy. That's not the point."
"Joking about eating your kids' candy-or even just telling them that you did-is really popular right now. Ever seen the Jimmy Kimmel prank? I say that because I don't think your wife is acting out of malicious intent and is aiming to deliberately upset your kids every year. She sees this as a harmless trick because, as she's said before, she thinks that they have more than enough to go around."
Wilma regularly takes five to ten pieces of her six- and eight-year-old sons' Halloween candy while they are at school and eats it without their knowledge. When the boys notice missing candy, each accuses the other, and Wilma laughs as they remain unaware. She believes the children have excess candy and can spare some. Pranking parents about eating candy has become common and feels harmless to her. The behavior, however, causes mistrust and sibling conflict. The situation is not a large theft, but confronting her by simply calling the behavior 'shitty' risks angering her.
Read at Slate Magazine
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