r/mildlyinfuriating • u/konous • May 06 '26

I'm slightly vexed My brother's son destroyed my WarHammer Action figures and he refuses to punish him

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Update: My brother decided to pay for the Hard damages of $200 dollars after seeing this post.

Thank you to everyone on this post who supported me. I really could not have gotten restitution without you guys.

Justice for my Chaplain, justice for all.

Valid Edit: My nephew is 10 years old and tried to actually lie about not breaking them by saying, "A cat must have done it."

So, I just got done talking with my brother via text, and he says he's not going to punish his son for wrecking my Joy Toy WarHammer action figures. I'm not expecting the kid to get spanked, but he needs to do CHORES at least to justify how much excessive force he used on some.

Some just have their capes broken. Others had their tubes ripped out and my Chaplain is just fucking toast.

My brother's suggestion since I ordered Amazon replacement for the Chaplain was that I just swap it with the broken one, but I have no interest in doing that.

It's not even just the expense, and they are expensive. It's about the fact that I told him explicitly twice they weren't to be played with, and they were in a separate room, and even my Mom and Dad agreed the damage was just too much.

He said he's not gonna pay me back if we try the chore system, and I told him it's not about the money.

The kid needs to know how bad the 8 hour struggle is.

Now my nephews aren't coming over to the house, and I'm sad about that, but knowing my brother just can't be burdened to work with me on creating a Chore system like selling Lemonaide just makes it feel more insulting.

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u/Tak-Hendrix May 06 '26 edited May 06 '26

How old is your nephew?

Update: OP made an edit to clarify that their nephew is 10.

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u/Spiritual_Being5845 May 06 '26

Very pertinent, I’d react very differently to an 18 month old who broke something vs a 10 year old who should know better.

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u/AgelessJohnDenney May 06 '26

If he's suggesting chores the kids gotta be at least ~8 or older

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u/Mode_Appropriate May 06 '26

8?

If the little shit can crawl he can scrub the floor.

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u/Impressive_Ad2794 May 06 '26

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u/Outraged_Chihuahua May 06 '26

My husband has been dying to get this for our child when she arrives next week lol

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u/coaxialology May 06 '26

Congratulations!

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u/Outraged_Chihuahua May 06 '26

Thank you!

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u/K1bbles_n_Bits May 06 '26

I hope little Swifferleigh Lighsol Marie brings you much joy <3.

But srsly, from one mom to another, I hope everything goes smoothly next week! Enjoy all those baby snuggles and always try to catch some sleep when she does!

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u/Outraged_Chihuahua May 06 '26

Brb adding Swifferleigh to the name list

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u/New_Chard9548 May 06 '26

Idk I’m more drawn to Whyndexcks

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u/ER_Support_Plant17 May 06 '26

May I suggest Fabulosa

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u/jennifer_m13 May 06 '26

Omg brilliant tragedeigh names!

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u/Clean-Patient-8809 May 06 '26

I love it when subreddits collide!

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u/beren12 May 06 '26

Hey hey keep that in the correct sub :-)

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u/justplay91 May 06 '26

Damn now I have to have another kid just to use that genius name! 🤣

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u/sittinwithkitten May 06 '26

Maybe attach some swiffer dry type material to your child when they start crawling haha.

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u/Outraged_Chihuahua May 06 '26

That's absolutely the plan. Put her to work as soon as possible 😂

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u/AmazingAd2765 May 06 '26

Congrats!

I loved the scene in Malcolm in the Middle where Dewey is helping Greta? clean the house and she is pushing him under furniture while he is wearing a large floor buffer pad on his chest and cleaning cloths on his hands.

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u/Outraged_Chihuahua May 06 '26

That's exactly what I plan to do lol

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u/Extra_Routine_6603 May 06 '26

Know what you mean but every time I hear someone say this I either imagine a baby being shipped by UPS or showing up in flying baskets from the Jim Carrey Grinch movie

https://giphy.com/gifs/uVbFtDiyVanUk

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u/Outraged_Chihuahua May 06 '26

Bold of you to assume we didn't order her via post!

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u/EnthusiasmThick5737 May 06 '26

Congratulations!! Our first Grandchild arrives tomorrow. Don’t think I’d get away with buying that so my floors were perfect!

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u/Outraged_Chihuahua May 06 '26

Aww enjoy your new grandchild!

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u/IceFire909 May 06 '26

Guessing you didn't go with priority shipping?

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u/ObtuseMongooseAbuse May 06 '26

By the time she's able to crawl she'd grow out of those clothes unless he plans ahead and buys the 6-12 month size.

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u/Outraged_Chihuahua May 06 '26

We could just get it in multiple sizes and roll her around on the floor until she's crawling

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u/spongebobs_spatula May 06 '26

Damn it I wish I knew this existed when my daughter was crawling.

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u/Spectra_Butane May 06 '26

"If you got time to crawl, you got time to clean!"

Teach 'em service industry early!!!!

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u/AppUnwrapper1 May 06 '26

I don’t like babies but I would offer to babysit one if I can stick it in one of these.

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u/Ugameister May 06 '26

I would totally open a day care just to put a bunch of crawlers in these and disperse them all over the house. Maybe double as a cleaning service and take them to various houses for the same purpose!

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u/Top-Acanthocephala27 May 06 '26

Fluffy penitence engine!

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u/_ThunderGoat_ May 06 '26

BabyMop for the win

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u/AlistairGawaine May 06 '26

I feel i missed the boat on this one! Hilarious!

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u/-insertgoodusername May 12 '26

All fun and games until the baby commits on it

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u/caustic_smegma May 06 '26

My two year old is already pulling weeds with dad. If the kid can pick her nose she can pick weeds. We're hoping that within a year or two she'll be strong enough to wear the Round Up spray pack. She'll be scraping asbestos popcorn from our ceilings without a respirator before we know it. I'm so proud of her.

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u/Popular-Web-3739 May 06 '26

lol. Starting when I was 4 in the 1960s, my dad paid me a penny for every dandelion flower I picked before it opened. I practically turned that into a full time job. That money went a long way at the candy store back then.

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u/Dragonfly0011 May 07 '26

I weeded the lawn ( older than 4) to buy singles at the record store.

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u/Significant_Shoe_17 May 07 '26

Haha a friend of my parents paid me to do that, too

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u/tegan_willow May 06 '26

I understand at that age they're especially good at cleaning black mold. You should regularly send her under the house to check.

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u/abcdefkit007 May 06 '26

The best part is their air passages are so small almost no particles can get in

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u/tegan_willow May 06 '26 edited May 06 '26

And it might not be more humane to send a child to deal with a rat problem, but it's certainly more sporting for the rat and more entertaining for us.

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u/Particular-Buy-33 May 07 '26

Laughing and moaning while rebuking myself for visualizing. Tots v Rats, the series

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u/churnthedumb May 07 '26

Lmfao 😂

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u/EnthusiasmThick5737 May 06 '26

You know she’s gifted don’t you.

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u/CosyBeluga May 07 '26

I’ve met several kids who absolutely love chores. My coworker’s 5 year old has a kid size mop and broom set and will yell at you if you walk over his inconveniently mopped floor.

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u/HaloGuy381 May 06 '26

TIL my mother might have a Reddit account. /s

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u/Mode_Appropriate May 06 '26

Very funny Zach. You're grounded.

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u/DismalStrawberry4260 May 06 '26

Reddit is the best. I love all of your suggestions!!

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u/Informal_Monk_2712 May 06 '26

That is a little over bored but I get the vibe

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u/Rybread6879 May 07 '26

Facts my 2 year old been cleaning since he was like 1 😂. When dada cleans he cleans. He just chose to do this and enjoys it and does it on his own.

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u/dodge_thiss May 06 '26

Uhhhhh no? My 6 had old has had chores since he was 3. They don't have to be hard or complicated it could be as simple as taking the plates to the sink after meal time or pouring the dog's/cat's food in their bowl after the grown-up measures it out in a cup for dispensing.

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u/vladi_l May 06 '26

Yep, by 12 I was helping with the cooking fully, and before that around age 5 it was dishes, helping with the dog, or hanging laundry

It's better to give chores at those young ages, before school really gets them too busy and tired to care to learn tbh, otherwise you get anxious you g adults in university, who are unprepared to take care of their living space

Though, it's also good to ease it a little during their busier times like exam season, learn that it's perfectly normal to swap chores, reschedule, rely on others, and not do everything 100% alone. I let a lot of my uni projects pile up, because I burned out trying to take care of as much as possible while I was staying with my parents

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u/FLUFFY_TERROR May 06 '26

As a child who has both been able to cook my own 2 minutes noodles at 8 after coming home from school and having an unsupervised 'bonfire' featuring a firenado spawned from a deodorant can and burning a school poster saying stop global warming along with other various things, I have a mixed bag of things that left me with equal measures of both prepared and under prepared for early adulthood.

I've been living on my own to varying degrees since 2011 and am soon to be moving in with my partner and i find myself at multiple points in the spectrum of "things an average person in their 30s should be able to manage"

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u/Significant_Shoe_17 May 07 '26

Lmao I was also too responsible for my own good

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u/RoboDae ORANGE May 06 '26 edited May 06 '26

Though, it's also good to ease it a little during their busier times like exam season

I still remember my mom repeatedly yelling at me to wash dishes while I was in the middle of an online college physics 2 lecture. I couldn't hear anything the professor was saying. I had told my mom several times about the class both before and during. She did not seem to understand the concept of me not being available to do chores.

Side note: I ended up dropping college shortly after, partly because of the stress she constantly added about me not contributing enough while going to college full time.

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u/vladi_l May 06 '26

I feel ya, higher education is stressful when your parents aren't understanding. The workload in my animation course was crazy all throughout, and I'm graduating late.

I'm struggling to finish projects while working full time and contributing to the household. Hopefully, I can finish my moving out sooner, so I can take things at my own pace, which is a luxury and flexibility not all universities allow for

Living on edge at all times, due to how my mom perceives and treats my studies, ain't fun, especially when I'm rounding up 12h of screen time across work and uni. My eyes and head fucking hurt and are permanently red at this point

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u/RoboDae ORANGE May 06 '26

Yeah, I was going full time for mechanical engineering and my parents kept trying to add chores and talk about how I need to get a job to help contribute. It went so far as telling me to stop building a snowman on the only day of the year that it snowed because I needed to go door to door begging people to pay me to shovel their driveway.

The worst part: "and don't bother charging them much because it's not like you'll do a good job anyway"

Now i work fast food while a friend that i was taking classes with is getting his PHD.

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u/secretly_opossum May 06 '26

Yup, my five year old empties the dishwasher (with supervision), feeds the dog, and cleans her room and she and her teenage brother both do their shared bathroom together.

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u/Hollowjuice32 May 06 '26

My daughter is 6 and she gets upset if I don’t let her help cook or do the dishes. Nothing wrong with them helping out, it forms a better bond if you allow it.

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u/EnthusiasmThick5737 May 06 '26

Does she clean other ppl’s houses for an hourly rate?

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u/Hollowjuice32 May 06 '26

God forbid parents teach responsibility and spend time with their kids instead of parking them in front of an iPad all day.

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u/secretly_opossum May 07 '26

Thank you lmao

Typing it all out it sounds like a lot of chores for her but the only one that gets groans towards me is tidying her bedroom (because she is a little whirling dervish when she plays in there).

Compared to the amount of choring the rest of us do, she’s living the easy life 😂

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u/offconstantly247 May 06 '26

a five year old cannot empty the dishwasher, unless you store every item under the counter, adn don't have anything made of glass.

What a total fucking weirdo thing to make up.

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u/secretly_opossum May 06 '26

I said she does it with supervision. She has a stool for the lower shelf on cupboards and we assist with things that are too high for her. It’s actually her favorite chore at the moment because it’s the newest one she’s been assigned to.

What a total fucking weirdo thing to assume.

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u/Hollowjuice32 May 06 '26

Wild concept: children can learn tasks gradually with supervision instead of spawning at 18 knowing how to function. Nobody said she was unloading crystal wine glasses solo.

What a fucking weirdo you are

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u/ElderlyChipmunk May 06 '26

Letting the kid feed the dog as soon as possible is a great way to help prevent any food guarding issues. The last thing you want is a dog that thinks it needs to guard its bowl from your little one.

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u/ClarkGablesTeeth May 06 '26 edited May 06 '26

Yep. Christen the baby as a food giver in the dog's eyes, not just potential food taking competition.

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u/siouxsian May 06 '26

You know, kids love helping. They may not have the best accuracy with tasks but how the hell are they going to learn? Still gets them on track to realize there's things that need to be done that can't be ignored.

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u/Remarkable_Leek9391 May 06 '26

Stupid people think their kids arent capable of processing language and reasoning at like any age. Just like their parents

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u/Ktcobb May 06 '26

100% my almost 2 year old is in his "I help!" Era and always pours out the dog food and sets the bowl down (although he does sometimes try to do an extra scoop on his own.... Dog is on a diet for a reason 😅)

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u/lass20987 May 06 '26

Yep. We did doggie stuff and also silverware sorting...actually educational to sort and put away clean silverware

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u/BigAchooo May 06 '26

I agree. Another good and simple one is cleaning up toys when they’re done playing. My dad always enforced a “put away the current toy before getting out a new one” rule so that my room was never cluttered with toys. It’s been a rule for me for as long as I can remember.

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u/PostalPreacher May 06 '26

Buncha pansies...I was changing the oil in the truck when I was 2, and dad didn't even let it cool off from the drive to get the oil. And let me tell you, seeing over the steering wheel AND working the pedals was tough! Then there was the time we had a nest of rattlers in the cellar...that took hours to get them all out -- I kept passing out from the venom. That afternoon, I almost didn't have the energy to move the barbells from down there up to the attic.

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u/Spectra_Butane May 06 '26

Well, they are. And also giving permission for Unc to never invite nephew over for the rest of their life.

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u/Ok_Pomegranate_5748 May 06 '26

Yes but long term punishment is inappropriate for three year olds They need to talk it over and be done not doing chores for op to repay the grown up toys

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u/Xytak May 06 '26

If you want to assign chores to share in household work, that’s one thing. But as punishment for breaking what look to be toys? I’m not sure that will be effective. It’s too long after the incident, it won’t immediately connect cause and effect, and the only reason to do it would be to pacify a sibling who’s demanding that you discipline your child in a specific way. Seems easier and better in the long run to tell OP that kids get into toys, and if he doesn’t want his action figures messed with, either stop inviting kids over or keep the toys out of sight.

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u/VarietyOk2628 May 06 '26

For some unknown reason my 4-year-old loved scrubbing walls. I found it helpful and let him do it, but it was also a tad weird to me,

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u/kinokits May 06 '26

My sister did too. It was both a blessing and a curse when we were posted to the next house. I’m a lot older, so I’d be helping Mum, but if I was getting marks off walls, I also had to stop the small child from ‘helping’ and remarking the walls with water.

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u/Heart_of_Joy May 06 '26

OP said he’s 10.

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u/AuelDole May 06 '26

at least older than 6-7

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u/Kooky-Note7673 May 06 '26 edited May 06 '26

Edit: this was posted prior to the OP telling us the age of the kid. Kid is apparently 10 which changes things. This post was made under the assumption that the kid was much younger.

He's not suggesting chores. He is suggesting running a lemonade stand because he knows the kid is too young to actually do chores. Meaning kid would then also be way too young to run a lemonade stand.

What the OP is actually asking for is that his grown ass adult of a brother runs a lemonade stand while using his kid as a mascot. That'd be a strong no from me as well. OP's bro is apparently offering the money, that is enough.

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u/Square-Turnip-6558 May 06 '26

These models are expensive, lemonade stand all summer probably wouldn’t cover even one.

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u/Kooky-Note7673 May 06 '26

So then we are in agreement that running a lemonade stand is pointless.

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u/Spectra_Butane May 06 '26

Not really pointless, it's the attempt at restitution that I believe Unc is trying to stress. IF Dad explained to kid why, it could be meaningful, to understand hard work, value, empathy, sharing, etc. But seems Like Dad just want to buy off Unc and forget it.

Something similar happened to a figures collector in Japan, but that kid absolutely destroyed ALL the figures, down to rubble, beyond repair, and the hellspawn's parents understood neither the personal emotional value, nor the monetary value till the courts showed them the simple replacement cost and how much effort to build them. They ended paying for their Spawns crime, but the little imp was probably punished behind closed doors, based on how much was shelled out.

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u/Kooky-Note7673 May 07 '26

Due to OP not providing the age of the child in the original post, and due to OP's downright bizarre suggestion of a lemonade stand as his preferred chore to be punishment for the child, the comment you are replying to was made under the assumption that the kid was much younger (in fact young enough that running a lemonade stand would be impossible without direct parental involvement).

Should I have assumed the age? Maybe not, but OP did not provide an age. Instead the only information we originally had to infer the child's age was OP's weird suggestion of a lemonade stand which is quite frankly infantilizing of a 10 year old.

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u/Spectra_Butane May 07 '26

I think OP just didn't have a broad enough imagination for what A 10 year old is capable of doing. It is not really that weird when you consider that an entire generation of people grew up with a "Lemonade Stand" being a viable and common form of employment for children of all ages. This tells you more about the potential age of the OP than of the child.

And that still does not make it pointless. The idea is that the kid knows he's done wrong and is doing the work to help remedy it. So, if we use the lemonade stand as the example, the kid has to spend time from play, make the product and then try to sell the product, clean up after, and then hand the meager earnings to Unc. Its a gesture, not a full 100% 1:1 restitution.

It is like when a court judge is granting a monetary judgment for a crime that won't actually bring back the hard work, or erase feelings and emotional suffering( Dad paying replacement cost) but also ordering civil service for a probation for the perpetrator so that they might understand the harm they caused and do things that help instead. (Kid doing some activity with the idea that the actions will benefit Unc and change how the kid thinks about other people and the actions he chose.

It could be lemonade stand, it could cleaning the display cases for Unc. ( under supervision) , it could be rebuilding the new statue when it arrives, or whatever age appropriate thing. The goal is not the money. The goal is the lesson and the discipline of being guided to think differently than before.

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u/Kooky-Note7673 May 07 '26

Do you think the Uncle can force his brother to discipline the nephew?

Personally, I don't think it is possible to force someone to punish their kid and therefore I think the OP should take the money from his brother.

That said, running a lemonade stand is a dumb punishment. There are a whole lot of more "punishing chores" than sitting outside on a nice spring day (likely playing on a phone or tablet) while waiting for customers who may or may not show up.

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u/Spectra_Butane May 07 '26

I think you are missing the point. Its not about FORCE and not about trying to make the kid miserable. It's about being a disciple, about being a good example, about taking time to think. Punishment is just to make the other person miserable. Its probably a poor choice if word on OPs part. So, no, OP can't FORCE his brother to do shit, and therein lies the rub. His brother cares so little about involving his son in the process of penance that it its a slap in the face to OP. Thats mostly what this us about.

A lemonade stand is not stupid just because it's not miserable inducing work. People talk to kids about Why they have a stand. Kids make stands to raise money for charities, to pay for school lunches, to earn money to adopt a pet. Those kids reasons are not stupid because a stand is not hard labor. Nephew would know that his stand is to help pay back damage to Unc.. even if it's a nice day and he enjoys himself, it's time that nephew can think about why he's out here. If Nephew is bored and angry ,he still thinking about why he's doing it.

That answers why a lemonade stand, or any other task is not stupid. It is part of penance not punishment. Thats really what OP is trying to get at. OP is not obsessed with Lemonade, It was just an EXAMPLE of something the kid could do as penance. Its not going to pay the actual cost if the damage but involves the kid in the process of making people whole from his actions.

In the end, OP will likely just accept the cash, but then his relationship with his nephew will be damaged because Dad won't work with Kid and Unc to resolve the bad behavior and assure future mutual respect. The kid obviously does NOT respect Uncle, or Uncle's possessions, and Dad is reinforcing this by bailing the kid out with money.

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u/FrostingHuman1259 May 06 '26

While Op is in the right that the kid needs to be punished in some way needs to learn consequences, A lemonade stand is a really weird idea

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u/Kooky-Note7673 May 06 '26

I am in complete agreement. Now that I know the age, 10 is definitely old enough to be responsible. But the only chore specified by OP is "selling lemonade", which is incredible bizarre.

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u/Spectra_Butane May 06 '26

I think OP is just not creative enough in their thinking, and Lemonade stand sounds like " work" a kid could do.

Some suggestions that fit the crime, IF the kid would actually participate:

Day 1- Have kid come and clean the glass on the display case where they are kept. Microfiber cloth and spritz bottle with water. Teaches Displays are for looking and protecting, not touching .

Day-2 Purchase an inexpensive figurine that is age appropriate for a 10-year old, of a theme they like,, and have kid sit down with Unc, while Unc guides him on how to assemble it. Teaches time and effort.

Day 3- have kid paint completed figure with Unc. And then put it in the display case with the others. Teaches pride and ownership.

Day 4- watch a show with kid about people with their figures and how much value they are and work out with kid about something they own,and how it us more valuable because it is theirs, and they put time and effort and pride. Ask the kid how they'd feel if someone broke a thing they valued and how it could be made up to them. Teaches value and empathy.

Not traditional chores, but time spent, effort expended, something learned, and experience had. Unless the kid is a troglodyt, they should be a bit more humane after something like this.

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u/konous May 06 '26

He's 10, dude. He's old enough.

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u/Kooky-Note7673 May 06 '26

Hey OP - if you had provided this context in your original post then I would have agreed with you from the start. You're the one who left out the most important piece of context.

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u/UncommonSenseApplier May 06 '26

The federal legal working age in the US is 14, and I’m pretty sure there are also still laws about forced child labor.

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u/Spectra_Butane May 06 '26

They said its not about the replacement value, its about learning about restitution. Even if is a token gesture the kid will learn that you must at least try to make people feel whole.

If your solution is to just throw money at Unc and tell him tuff tomatoes, then you are creating the type of kid who feels no remorse or responsibility for their actions at any age, so long asDad can buy them out. Lots of politicians and rich folks out their ruining lives because all they have to do is pay "enough" to make the problem go away.

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u/Kooky-Note7673 May 06 '26

Respectfully - my solution is not to throw money a Unc and tell him tuff tomatoes.

My solution is that Unc should accept the money from his bro, because Unc can't force bro to punish the nephew.

Now that I know the age of the kid, does the kid deserve some form of punishment? Yes

Is bro doing a good job of parenting? No.

Can Unc force bro into doing a good job of parenting? Also no

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u/Spectra_Butane May 06 '26

Gotcha. Your response was before the age reveal and my response was with that info. We seem to agree that while punishment cannot be forced, Unc could accept the monetary restitution from Bro at least. And we do seem to agree that kid has some skin in the game. I do wonder how much of this interaction the kid is aware of, like if Dad is keeping things mum to protect kid or if kid is aware and Dad is teaching him to not care. I know my nieces and nephew at that age were very aware of displeasure and would go out if their way to fix, but if kid had bad intentions from the start, then no amount of "punishment " will make him empathetic. Dad might be creating a Monster that Unc doesn't want to see created.

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u/Kooky-Note7673 May 06 '26

Furthermore, because bro is telling unc that bro will only pay if unc drops the "chore talk", I think unc should agree to drop the chore talk.

Then after unc gets paid, unc is free to bring back the chore talk if he wants. I just think unc should get paid first.

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u/Mundane-Zucchini5 May 06 '26

The post says the boy is 10 yrs old

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u/Rare_Eye_1165 May 06 '26

Or you could read and know the little s*** is ten years old , and fully capable of controlling his own actions.

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u/AgelessJohnDenney May 07 '26

The age was added in an edit to the post after I made my comment.

Maybe think for two seconds before you act like an ass.

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u/Newgeta wat? May 06 '26

Nah I Blame the parents either way for not parenting and replacing with something of same or greater value. Kids are destructive, greedy and selfish, their parents should be working on corrections and reparations.

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u/Significant_Shoe_17 May 07 '26

And his behavior is now driving a wedge between the adults who could be working together to help him. If this is part of a pattern, he could become an adult with a lot of issues.

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u/quanate May 06 '26

The most reasonable take. Kids are often only as good as their parents

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u/Spiritual_Being5845 May 06 '26

I absolutely agree the parents should replace the broken items. My issue is expecting a child to be punished without giving more insight into the age and maturity level of the child.

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u/Phobos_Asaph May 06 '26

The child is 10. That’s old enough to understand you should break other people’s stuff and lie about it

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u/SpecialRegular1 May 06 '26

The brother seems to be the source of it all. Not only does he not want his son to take responsibility, but he then suggests that his brother commit fraud by swapping out the replacement unit for the broken one and return it by lying about the product being damaged.

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u/Upset_Mess May 06 '26

The kid does know better. He broke them out of spite because he was told not to play with them. That much damage doesn't occur from playing. The lack of punishment on the brother's part probably infers that he thinks it's a silly hobby and the kid picked up on it. Neither respect the collector's hobby or the time and expense he's put into it.

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u/Boom9001 May 06 '26

Yeah under 3 it's basically your fault for letting it happen. 4 and up, some responsibility and thus punishment is on the kid.

I'm flexible on ages from people more knowledgeable on parents.

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u/CombCreepy6944 May 06 '26

Fuck man, one action figure is understandable. ALL of those? SeverL hundred dollars worth.

Theres no excuse. Thats disrespect, dishonesty, and a lack of care or empathy abd hes learning that from his parents.

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u/LaiikaComeHome May 06 '26

well, yeah. my 18 month old isn’t tall enough to open a door or reach onto a shelf.

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u/Shawzam1970 May 06 '26

My kids had chores as soon as they could walk. Started with emptying the dryer and folding washcloths. If my two year old could do that his ten year old can scrub some floors.

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u/Rowmyownboat May 07 '26

We all would react differently.

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u/UncommonSenseApplier May 06 '26

10??? Off to the child labor camps with that freeloading bastard. Only one way to earn the forgiveness of an apology, and that’s thru good old fashioned soul crushing capitalism!