Trust and honesty are vital in families.

What would you do if you found out one of your family members was stealing?

This woman found out her niece has been stealing from her parents for months.

She loves her niece, but she also wants to protect her family from theft and other possible harm.

Would she be wrong to tell her family what her niece has done?

Read the full story below for all the details.

AITA for telling my SIL she should tell the rest of the family about her daughter’s stealing?

My brother and his wife found out a shocking truth

Their teenage daughter has been stealing valuable items from them for the past year and pawning them off.

Everything amounted to thousands of dollars.

Apart from this, she’s been acting out in other ways, including nearly getting arrested for drunk driving and pregnancy scares.

This woman was completely shocked when she heard the news about her niece.

She’d been struggling emotionally, but I hadn’t realized how bad it had gotten until my sister-in-law confided in me about the theft.

I was completely shocked.

She asked me to keep it a secret and only shared it with me.

She’s at her wit’s end and thought I may be able to reason with her daughter who never admitted any of this to me.

She loves and is concerned about her niece, but she’s now uncomfortable when her niece visits her.

I love my niece. She is also my godchild, and I’m worried about her, but I’m also not happy with her for what she’s done, obviously.

She’s lost my trust.

I would never ever have guessed that she would steal (not just once, but repeatedly) over the course of months. And it has me uncomfortable with the idea of her visiting, even if I were to hide all my valuables.

Her husband doesn’t know yet, but he is starting to suspect something.

It seems to me like I would be dumb to leave my wallet lying around, as much as I care about her.

I don’t think she would steal from me or anyone else, but I also think it would be silly of me not to be cautious.

My husband can stay blissfully ignorant.

Although I think he’s already starting to suspect something’s up based on what he saw of my last interaction with my niece – because I already know and can be vigilant.

Her sister-in-law is not comfortable telling anyone else.

But I expressed concern to my sister-in-law that the rest of our immediate family deserves a heads-up.

She refuses to tell anyone else.

I understand she’s stressed out about her kid, and I feel bad adding to her burden.

Now, she’s wondering if it was wrong to suggest informing other family members.

But I feel like it’s not right or fair to keep this hidden when there’s no guarantee she won’t do it again, especially considering she doesn’t seem to regret what she’s already done. It would be different if she had, and was trying to make amends.

AITA for bringing this up at all, and being annoyed when they’re going through enough as it is?

Should the whole family be informed?

Let’s find out what others have to say about this on Reddit.

This person offers some helpful advice.

This user shares their personal thoughts.

This remark makes a lot of sense.

Here’s an honest opinion from this person.

Finally, your heart is in the right place, says this person.

Sometimes, caring means facing uncomfortable truths.

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