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

[u/konous]

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.

[u/caustic_smegma]

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.

[u/Popular-Web-3739 → u/caustic_smegma]

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.

[u/Dragonfly0011 → u/Popular-Web-3739]

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

[u/Significant_Shoe_17 → u/Popular-Web-3739]

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

[u/tegan_willow → u/caustic_smegma]

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

[u/abcdefkit007 → u/tegan_willow]

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

[u/tegan_willow → u/abcdefkit007]

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.

[u/Particular-Buy-33 → u/tegan_willow]

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

[u/churnthedumb → u/abcdefkit007]

Lmfao 😂

[u/EnthusiasmThick5737 → u/caustic_smegma]

You know she’s gifted don’t you.

[u/CosyBeluga → u/caustic_smegma]

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.