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before the noise of the day takes over. So let's start our days together with a moment of calm that's just for you. Listen to Waking Up With Ryan on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

All right, Mojo in the Morning Show. Shannon always has good stories about her son, Smith. Smith is a great kid, but if you hear just the stories on the air, you think that he is, at times, a hellion.

He is so far from a hellion, by the way. He's the best little guy in the whole entire world.

He gets away with murder because he's got a cute smile.

He's so cute. He has the best personality. But something happened, and I'm super bummed about it, but it is kind of funny, and that's why I'm telling you about it. So do you guys know what I'm talking about when I refer to those little plastic mini hands that you can buy? Have you ever seen those at a little gift shop or card shop?

Little novelty gag gifts?

Yeah, they're like little teeny tiny hands.

They're like rubber or something, aren't they?

a little bit yeah yeah you put it on your fingertip a whole hand on your yes okay so I bought Wes one of them from a little store by my house because I knew he'd love it and get a kick out of it whatever Smith was with me when I bought this thing he wanted one so bad and Mike I know you know this pain Spike and Mojo you probably remember it when there's stuff like up near the cash register you can't get away from it and then they they beg you and you're like so embarrassed as a parent consistently telling them no 10 times and then and now he does Smith does this thing where he'll if he wants something he'll just sneak it into the pile hoping that I don't notice so that then when I get home I paid for it but I didn't tell him that he could get it he's done that to me at the grocery store with like mints and gum or you know stupid stuff well so I you know I kept busting him doing that I told him Bubby we're not you do do not need this okay well we fast forward to the next morning and my babysitter pam sends me a text while i'm here at work to let me know that she found one of the little mini hands in smith's coat pocket is it the one you gave wes so he stole it no because i had already given the one that i bought for him the kicker is the mini hand is given the middle finger so now i'm like great not only did my child steal something but i have to have him go with me to return i remember the middle finger hand back to the store it wasn't like he stole a you know a pen with a fluffy feather tip it's

the freaking middle finger i gotta tell you i remember not only as a kid having to go back and do that my dad taking me to ben franklin to go return it and and uh do it a little dime store a little party store ben franklin but i also remember making my kids and i think it was joey that was the one that was the biggest culprit of this so when are you going to do this um so i

have not had

him since we found this out. He's been with Andrew and I really want to be the one to go with him. So I did tell him, I saw him yesterday and I told him that we were going to have to go back and return it and he was like, I can't do that. I can't apologize. I'm too shy. That's what he told me. I'm like, you aren't one, you are not shy. Two, you are doing it. I said, you have two options. We can go back to the store to return it or we can go to the police station and you can return it to the police station. And I felt so bad because then he started to cry. I'm like, great.

All right, so I know every parent knows this. Every parent has done this with their kids or you had to do it as a kid. Will you call back? Call us up right now. 844-MOJO-LIVE, 844-665-6548. Tell us, what did you steal and what happened when you had to go return it? Because that's good, by the way. That's good that you're doing that. Although I would probably just make his dad take him. just for just for that just for the fun of the whole thing but um did you ever have to do that with your daughters spike or were your daughters uh i'm really surprised because my parents had to

do it me many times and we were just talking about that over the christmas break uh we took their grandfather on a long like four mile hike and we were talking all about everybody on the trip the hike was talking about the first time they were caught shoplifting and my daughters were shocked to hear that i had stories about it and it was you know i was telling them about how my parents got me like a game for christmas but they didn't give me any batteries for it and they're like well you got to go buy batteries and i was in the fifth grade and i stole batteries and got caught and we're all going around talking about and like it made me feel good that for them neither of them even thought about the idea of shoplifting or stealing because it seems like a rite of passage that every young child

does it something. Maybe it's a boy thing more. Maybe it is. Mine was Hubba Bubba Bubblegum. Oh, the best. And I stole not a pack of gum. I stole the entire container that sits on the display that has them all in there. How did you get that out of the store? That's impressive. My mom was talking to the lady at the store. She was talking to the checkout lady. They were going through and she was putting stuff on the little conveyor thing. And while she was putting it on the conveyor thing, I took the whole thing and put it right into my freaking winter coat, and I got a big thing. But the funniest was my mom bought me one packet of it. Okay, so she had one packet, and I wanted the whole thing. I wanted the deal. And my mom didn't find out that I stole all the Hubba Bubba until my sister came home and said, Tommy is so spoiled. You bought him 30 packets of Hubba Bubba.

Oh, my gosh.

My mom was not happy. God rest her soul. uh what's going on dana good morning hey what did what did you steal or what did or what did

your child steal my son was in ride aid with me downtown chicago and we had to just run in real quick to grab something we come out we get like five blocks away from ride aid and he pulls out of his pocket one of those little tiny video games and he starts playing it i'm like that is not yours and we marched them back to the store and they were like, oh, it's okay because he has Down syndrome. They were like, oh, it's all right. I'm like, no, he needs to learn. He can't steal stuff. Yeah, right, right.

Yeah, it's nice that they were nice to you guys, but it is funny in that a lot of times in the stores they'll actually do that and they'll say, it's all right. And you're like, no, we're making a point here.

I think they're the people without kids, because the parents know. They're like, you're back here to teach them a lesson.

Dana, thanks for the call.

Oh, you're welcome. Have a good day, guys.

Appreciate you. Nadine?

Hi.

Hi. Oh, my God. Wait a second, Nadine. Nadine, this isn't a child. I don't know how you slipped through the text, right?

No, I'm not a child.

No, I'm saying the person who stole was not a child also.

No, no, it was my boyfriend in high school.

Oh, okay. All right.

So we were at a football game and we were going up to the concession stand. I went to go get some popcorn and we walked back to the bleachers and he's like, Hey, I got these suckers. And I'm like, what am I getting by those? He's like, no, I stole them. And I'm like, no, you didn't. He's like, yeah, I did. I said, well, we don't steal. And I walked him back up to the concession stand. Like he was my kid and said, go on film. and I made him return the suckers and he ended up getting suspended because the lady at the concession stand told the principal and it was just a mess.

Did he break up with you after that?

No, I actually broke up with him. He ended up stealing some other stuff. Later on, he ended up stealing a stop sign.

kind of my breaking point he stole it from a like a elementary school property and i was like yeah

no i had a little problem do we know what he's doing nowadays like is he running like he's an electrician yeah you see is he the guy that's taking people's catalytic converters right now from their their cars probably uh victoria yeah is this just a boy thing um no it was actually

my daughter really your daughter's a thief what happened yeah so um at the time i was working for kroger as a cashier and as a mom i have a three girls and i'm grocery shopping totally in mom brain mode and not thinking that she was doing this well i'm at the cashier like i'm at the register about to have all my stuff be bagged just like shannon said you know my daughter she kind of grabbed it without letting me look or she put it in her pocket or purse whatever we get home and then my other daughter ran like snitched on her said mom you know we'll we'll still mint and it was those altoid mints that very very minty kind oh yeah it was like the little pack like the mini ones and i said girl are you serious right now i was like pack your crap let's go back to the store because we're like five minutes i'm like you're gonna apologize to the clerk and you're gonna take it back we do not feel yeah and that always puts the fear of god into the children

if they have to return it and apologize and talk to somebody and especially we do not steal

altoid mix yeah that's because who wants at least the hubba thank you i know i remember i remember i

was trying to teach a lot because cecily we went to john ball zoo one time and she took a uh like one of those stuffed animals at the checkout, like, out of the gift shop or whatever as you're walking out. And so I realized she, like, as we get to the car that she took it. So I'm like, oh, we got to go back. But I'm trying to make a point while we're talking to the people at the desk. Her face is painted. I still have a zoo hat on.

And I'm like, Cecily, you have to tell them you can't. She was really, like, with her just laughing at me the whole time. I tried to be very serious, but I'm like, goofy.

Christina, you go to hell for what you stole.

I know, I know.

What did you steal?

When I was like 10 or 11, I went into a thrift store, and I saw what looked like a pretty little cross to me. So I stole it. I took it home for about a week. I was feeling major, major, major guilt, and then I figured out it was a rosary. So I went back to the thrift store. I shoved it under something, and I ran out of the store. Oh, my gosh.

You know what? I think God forgives you, right?

I hope so.

Yeah. Dave didn't go back to the store. Where did you go, Dave?

Good morning, everybody.

Good morning. This is your son that stole something?

Yeah, he was five years old. We were in a store, and I hear my wife screaming at him across the store. I go over there, and he put a pair of sunglasses in his pocket.

So I grab him, take him off to the manager.

What do you do to kids that shoplift? And she's like, if they didn't get out of the store, what do you do to kids? She says, well, we call the police and the parents. And he's standing there looking all, you know, kind of like dumbfounded.

So, sorry about this, ma'am. Have a good day. We leave the store. Get all loaded up in the vehicle. My daughter says, Dad, did you buy him some Valentine candy last week?

Uh-oh.

I said, nope. Turned the truck around. Started heading towards the Roseville Police Station. Walked inside. I said, he's the meanest, nastiest, rudest person in here you have. Oh, man. I need your butt out here, and I want you to put him in a cell.

You want to be a thief? You're going to be himself.

Oh, my God.

So this lady comes out. This lady officer comes out, and I says, you pretend it's your kid.

She ain't got no kid. I said, you pretend it's your nephew or your niece? She's like, all right. You sure you want to do this? I said, you're dang right I do. I open the door. Get your ass out of the truck. Boy, sorry about that. Alligator tears start pouring. She says, I told you, get out of the truck now. Drags him inside. Right through the lobby. Everybody's like, holy cow, you inch it. Puts on the back. I hear the door slam. Come on. Sit down, boy. Oh, my gosh. Good shot, Dave. He starts screaming. She goes up. How about you out? I'll be back in three hours. I can't keep him three hours. Dave, how old was he at the time? Five years old. Oh, my God. Oh, my Lord. Dave.

You bastard. Dave.

Oh, my God. I swear to you, every store we're into, his hands were in his pocket.

How old is your son now, and when's the last time you spoke to him?

This morning, I told him I love him and be careful at work, and I talk to him every day, and he's 26.

And I tell you what, he knows, he knows dad don't play.

Wow.

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I'm Tarika Foster-Brasby. What's up, y'all? I'm your girl, Cheryl Swoops. And it's WNBA All-Star season. The best players in the world are on the floor. Every week, I get to break down the goats of today. And I get to break down the goats with the goat of all time, you. Check us out. Levels to this. New episodes every week on the iHeart Women's Sports Network. Listen to Levels to this with Cheryl Swoops and Tarika Foster-Brasby on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

For years, the Unhoused has been presented as a monolith in mainstream media. We The In House is a podcast that's changing the narrative. I'm Theo Henderson, and I created the show while I was unhoused on the streets of Los Angeles. We've grown into a two-time Webby Award-winning podcast, the only podcast that shares unhoused stories and news from the unhoused perspective. Listen to We The In House on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

Hello, my love. I'm Ryan Weiss, and for the past 15 years, I've been an emotional intelligence coach and a spiritual guide, and I'm sharing with you my new podcast, Waking Up With Ryan. Waking Up With Ryan is a daily audio video podcast here to help you connect with yourself before the noise of the day takes over. So let's start our days together with a moment of calm that's just for you. Listen to Waking Up With Ryan on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.