Stealing food

I used to serve food in a lunchroom, and teenage boys ate a LOT. Also, like the previous poster said, he might not have known what the next day's menu was. I accidentally ate the main ingredient (can of tuna) of my family's supper (unknown to me, tuna casserole was planned) as an after school snack when I was 8. My father made such a big to-do about it you'd think I'd meant to starve my family. It was a very traumatic thing for me, I still remember it, and I still feel resentment about being so harshly treated for a mistake. So, I feel pretty sympathetic toward your fson. Of course that isn't to say doesn't have serious problems, maybe there is more to the story than you posted.