my opinion, this is normal behavior
As frustrating as it is everyday, and as much as you don't want to hear this, it sounds like normal kid behavior.
Most do it for several reasons at this age. 1. they just plain want to do it and the consequences don't discourage them for some reason. 2. they don't believe they will get caught; just say it wasn't me, eventually the parents just give up and 3. they are starting to test the waters for testing the boundaries that lie ahead in the wonderful world of raising a teenager.
Sorry to say, no matter how hard we have tried with consequences, lectures and positive role modeling, it still happens to all of us. And it goes into the teen years, sorry. We are struggling with this right now. We have been assured by two professionals that this is all quite normal. And you can rest assured that it may be in your case as well just as the previous post pointed out, her case had food deprevation, your did not.
Just try to go with the flow and my advice is not to let it cause a reaction out of you. If they see it upsets you, they have leverage.
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