Hi Nautigal,

Have you done any CBT with him? They are pretty good at changing unreasonable thinking.

We have a professional, but also do a lot of explaining ourselves, and just keep making sure the consequences in our house line up to encourage the right behavior.

I think it will take a while for your DS to understand the abstract reason why we don't cheat, but if you keep working on this kind of thinking, it WILL come over time.

DeeDee