MOM! PHINEASANDFERB IS ILLEGALLY DOWNLOADING MUSIC AND RECEIVING STOLEN PRO-PER-TY! … Oh, Candace!
It is a question of if you want to teach your kids to follow all the laws, or just the ones that are convenient…
When my kids were small (probably 6,8, and 10), I went to a big box store to purchase a camera memory card…a pretty big one that cost about $80 at the time (memory was expensive then). I put the memory card in my card first, because that was the primary thing I was shopping for. Then I went to find other things on my list, including a storage bin. When I got to the checkout, I started to unload my cart. When I got to the bin, the cashier told me to leave it in the cart. So I did. I paid for my items and went to my car. As I am unloading my cart, I put the bin in my car and THEN I saw the memory card that I had first put in my cart…unpaid for.
I had 2 choices…take the memory card and go home, or take the memory card back to the store with my receipt, explain what had happened, and pay for it. I went to the same cashier. She was surprised I had returned with it. She asked me why I just did not keep it and go. I looked at my boys, then at her, and asked her what kind of example that would be for my children, whom I hoped would always strive to make the right choices and do the right thing.
So, Earnest, you can strive to do the right thing, or you can steal. Your choice.