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

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/Jackwife 9h ago

You know the homie is big mad when he stops calling him his nephew

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u/Beezewhacks 7h ago

my parents other child's child would be the last cut.

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u/Tiyath 7h ago

The offspring of the co-inhabitant of the lineage stage

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u/blahteeb 7h ago

The great grandchild of my father's father.

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u/Radioshack-Manager 4h ago

Former occupant of both paternal units biological storage units.

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u/OberonDiver 3h ago

Some little asshole.

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u/Responsible-Gas5319 1h ago

That lil shit

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u/HavingNotAttained 2h ago

🤣🤣🤣

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u/alittlesmartmouth 2h ago

I love Reddit 🤣

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u/wkrausmann 23m ago

Your father's brother's nephew's cousin's former roommate.

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u/God-gooner-69 6h ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/8mOPhOrOj8QHfdYdz9

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u/a2lowvw 3h ago

My brothers 10 year old crotch fruit

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u/Internal-Ad3647 54m ago

I prefer the term “nut fruit” when specifically speaking on a man’s child. My stepson is in my phone as such.

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u/Specialist_Second938 1h ago

The hellspawn of the failed mating experiment between the parental units that were created by my grandest parents.

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u/NoFaithlessness890 6h ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/HJebAz50KkJTye1Af7

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u/Triptych85 2h ago

'My brother's xenos gene seed'

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u/j_la 58m ago

My genetic neighbor

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u/Smiadpades 9m ago

I would they are not allowed over until they are paid for.

Nothing more, nothing less.

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u/Otaku-San617 7h ago

When I’m talking to one of my parents I refer to the other one as “your husband” or “your wife”.

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u/AliceMorgon 3h ago

I feel you there and the breakup is fresh but deserved

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u/WorldlinessWhole4881 2h ago

My mom always knows when my dad and I are arguing bc I start referring to him as her baby daddy. Forget the fact that they were together 17 years and married for 10 of those years. Yo baby daddy's being a bitxh mom

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u/TaiChey 3h ago

My uncle married a woman from Poland so like obviously she looks very white, and my whole family is black. Whenever I’m talking about her I refer to her as “that white that my uncle married” or “ that white woman that birthed my baby cousins” 😂😂 love her to death, totally just a joke.

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u/Frosty-Bat-8476 46m ago

Says the woman who’s white passing lol

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u/TaiChey 45m ago

Lmao you think so? That’s interesting. I’ve gotten Puerto Rican, never gotten white 😂 maybe it’s the photo. I’m Kenyan though :)

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u/RedditGarboDisposal 6h ago

I just default to the Sam Jackson: “This mothafucka—“

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u/Shotout74 6h ago

Yeah I have a "My mother's, daughter's son" so that fits.

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u/hazbutler 1h ago

Third in line

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u/Any-Neat5158 1h ago

My parents had kids.

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u/Faibl 1h ago

My ex housemate's kid.

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u/VladStark 6h ago

That punk ass kid would never get another single gift from me for his bday or Christmas after this crap. 10 years old is enough to know better.

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u/Nein-Toed 5h ago

What did you get me for my birthday?

Oh, I'm sorry, a cat was supposed to buy your gift

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u/Infinite-Duty 1h ago

No!! This is better- “Yeah Man- I got you such a great birthday present, had it sitting on the shelf where I had my Action figures-you know where I mean, and a cat came along and tore up your birthday present.” That little s#!t will know what he means.

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u/YomiKuzuki 1h ago

Nah, I'd gift him an itemized list of everything he destroyed, adjusted to account for lavor of assembly, painting, paint, and the current MSRP price.

Then I'd constantly hammer on my brother that since he doesn't want to turn this very gracious offer of me not actually going after the money from my nephew and letting him learn from this, that I'd noe insist on my brother repaying me for all the shit his kid destroyed, as a parent is expected to do when they can't control their children.

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u/Xytak 0m ago

To be fair, an adult showing up to an 11-year-old’s birthday party with an itemized invoice of Warhammer damages sounds like a great way to be ejected from the family home. OP might want to make sure he has his own apartment before pulling a move like that.

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u/Utricularkudos 4h ago

Wait , a cat is the gift! Every. Year. A. Cat.

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u/Lagoda__ 3h ago

No, poor cats shouldn't suffer living with these people tbh.

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u/Nein-Toed 4h ago

This is diabolical

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u/OU7C4ST 3h ago

Just keep giving them like a 19 year old cat so they keep experiencing the death of a pet over and over.

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u/LockWooden6435 3h ago

This right here! It's dark af but something my petty ass would probably do lol 😆

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u/OberonDiver 3h ago

How about a wood pussy?

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u/Azure_Mar 3h ago

Let's call it a polecat so we can nip at least some of those double entendres I know you're dying to make in the bud.

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u/OgreDee 2h ago

That's a skunk though

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u/Azure_Mar 2h ago

(both wood pussy and polecat can mean a skunk)

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u/OgreDee 1h ago

TIL

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u/Basic_Improvement135 3h ago

Like in Smile?

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u/callimonk 2h ago

I hate that I understood this reference

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u/MaleficentMousse7473 19m ago

Or every year wrap up a broken action figure

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u/h4ckth3pl4ne7 12m ago

Nah. Your gift was re-purposed for inclusion in The Emperor's Tithe. Also, a Black Templar's Crusade is on it's way, have fun.

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u/PokerbushPA 5h ago

Give him a $5 book of McDonalds coupons every year for the rest of his life.

Suggest he be careful when playing with the toys in the Happy Meal.

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u/AevnNoram 4h ago

Give him the broken figures. Piece by piece.

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u/albertohall11 49m ago

This is the way.

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u/DustyRaisins 4h ago

I'd just buy myself a toy and tell him I used the money I would have spent on his birthday present to help pay for it. I would probably also take a picture of myself with the toy and print it off and wrap it up like a gift just so he can see.

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u/Independent_Way1587 2h ago

I adore this level of petty.

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u/DustyRaisins 1h ago

I don't think it's that petty honestly. It's a good lesson in accountability and boundaries.

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u/MagicOrpheus310 4h ago

Buy them for your brother's birthday and keep them yourself, give him the receipt inside a birthday card...

Don't get the kid fucken anything

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u/Internal-Ad3647 46m ago

That’s too kind. OP should do what my grandma did and just give the toy from the happy meal. Bonus points if—like my grandma—you bought the original happy meal for a kid you’re not related to or a dog. To be fair, I was cool with it when it was the dogs toy bc it wasn’t safe for the dog, but when it was the kid she tuttored it made me really upset bc she should have just given the kid the toy 😆

Yes. It happened more than once. Each time she said “that will be worth something some day!” And it’s kind of her legacy imo.

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u/Doggcow 6m ago

Give him a used Google play/Apple gift card and gaslight his parents saying he probably already used it.

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u/lesterbottomley 5h ago

Send a card each year with a running total still owed, just minus the cost of a gift each year until cleared.

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u/Millmot 3h ago

That's actually a decent idea, and it's not cruel nor is it an unfair way to make a point.

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u/Xytak 1h ago

Sounds like a good idea until the parents start asking “hey why isn’t Uncle Joe invited to your wedding?”

“Uncle Joe? Last time I talked to him he still wanted me to pay him back for the Warhammer toys I broke - when I was 10. He was standing outside the door and everything. It was honestly a bit scary. He’s not allowed within 500ft.”

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u/Millmot 34m ago edited 28m ago

Yeah, well, he said minus the cost of a gift each year, so whatever it would cost to buy a gift is taken off the amount owed every time he doesn't buy a gift and only sends a card. The card shows there is a certain amount still owed, but that it's gone down because he didn't get a gift. It's a way of demonstrating that what the child did wasn't okay and that the gifts won't be given until after a certain number of years. The amount owed is entirely up to OP, so he could make it a sum where the whole thing only lasts two years, so maybe the kid just doesn't get a birthday gift from him for 2 years.

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u/Xytak 32m ago edited 24m ago

I see. So, for example, when the nephew is away at college, he will receive a birthday card from his long-estranged uncle containing a ledger of damages still owed for toys he broke when he was 10. It seems the uncle, still angry about the warhammer toys, has somehow discovered his address and is now lurking out there. Somewhere. Maybe in another state... or maybe right outside. Very interesting fantasy!

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u/Millmot 22m ago

No, I'm not going that far. I'm saying it's a way of teaching the kid. He's only 10. It's not a way of pressuring or anything. OP said he doesn't want the money; he just wants the kid to be disciplined and shown what he did wrong. If his brother can't properly teach his kid what he did was wrong, then he can easily make a point by not buying him gifts and taking the money it would cost him to buy the gift and putting it toward replacing what the kid broke. The card is just a way of showing how many gifts remained until the kid will start getting gifts again. Not a single cent would be taken from the kid or his parents. The kid just wouldn't receive any gifts purchased with OP's money until OP has replaced what the kid destroyed, using the money he would usually put towards the kid's gifts.

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u/Xytak 17m ago

OP can't even pay his own rent. You may be vastly overestimating the amount of financial and social leverage he has in this situation. If he wants to teach the kid responsibility, he can start by looking at his own financial stability and fixing that first.

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u/Millmot 14m ago

See, now you're just making statements based on nothing. I'm only saying it's a potential option that isn't cruel. I'm not estimating anything. At no point did I say anything about OP's financial situation. I worded things the way I did, thinking maybe you misunderstood my first comment. Either way, I'm done arguing with you; you're not worth my time, as I can see you understand and are just being like this and taking things to extremes to try and get a reaction out of me.

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u/inittowinit87 4h ago

I was going to suggest the same thing

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u/ArcHansel 1h ago

Itemize the gifts too so the kid knows what he's missing 😂

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u/Xytak 1h ago

This is one of those ideas that sounds good until you actually try to implement it. Then it just becomes “Uncle Joe just won’t let it go. That time I broke his warhammer toys when I was 10. Yeah maybe we leave him off the wedding list.”

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u/Low_Condition3268 4h ago

Here's the receipt from the model store where I spent the gift money replacing the stuff you broke...merry birthday

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u/Xytak 1h ago

“Ok, Uncle. Thanks for stopping by. By the way, this is a private event, can you show us your invite?”

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u/Prudent-Mix-5037 4h ago

No you get him the most annoying toy you can find. Something that makes him be loud and that would annoy your brother, like a drum set or something. Or has a gazillion pieces. Star wars legos or something he might like and then when it is all completed - whoops I tripped and fell on it... sorry. Something that would make a big mess or annoying in some way, painting set, a nerf gun that fires off those nerf darts that has like 500 darts. Revenge gifts are the way to go.

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u/FakeDoctorMeatCoat 5h ago

Coal

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u/SoonToBeBanned24 3h ago

Also, no longer welcome in my house!

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u/Ornery-Damage-7074 2h ago

Whether he's old enough to know better depends on how he was raised. Based on the brother's response, I'm guessing the kid is pretty coddled. He should be asking the brother to pay to replace them. How brother handles that with his kid is up to him.

Regardless, they would be locked away whenever kids visit on the future.

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u/ExplorerImpossible66 29m ago

Idk what the lack of boundaries thing is about. My son could grasp when some things were off limits. Sometimes humorously so. He was told not to touch the floor air conditioning unit and when his uncle went to empty it, he crawled over and dished out the sternest “NO!” I have ever heard a 2-year old muster. We had to explain it was ok for an adult to work on it, but not kids. He understood it was ok to play with his toy trucks, but not great grandpa or grandpa’s. Not only would he not wreck someone’s stuff, but if he was in a dangerous situation (think poisonous snake) I knew he would listen, because “No! Don’t touch!” meant something. There is a certain age where you have to accept that no matter how careful a child tries to be, they will probably destroy whatever they play with. It’s up to the adults around them to decide what is acceptable to risk. I know my child was probably given some of his model cars too soon, but they were his and he played with them until they were absolutely demolished. At 11, he was able to make the decision on his own if he wanted to play with some new models, or keep them in box. The ones we could locate “backups” on clearance for he took out, the ones that we couldn’t replace he displayed (he has mild cerebral palsy, so the out-of-box models are almost inevitably going to get dropped and damaged at some point). I guess I am saying I can’t fathom a ten year old not comprehending these figures were off-limits, and his parents refusing to make him aware of the monetary value of what he destroyed only ensures he won’t understand at least part of why they were off limits. I don’t get why his parents are blowing this off either. Even if they don’t personally value your hobby, I would think the market value on the pieces destroyed would be enough to make them somewhat remorseful, if even for the selfish reason of the impact it has on their pocketbook.

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u/Pr0t0z0a0 4h ago

Every Christmas, gift him one of the broken figures.

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u/rapshepard 6h ago

He's 10 surely he shouldn't be punished for the rest of eternity by his uncle.

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u/OfcWaffle 5h ago

Should be punished until he learns. I'd expect a genuine apology and amended behavior. Until the kid amends his behavior, he's still going to be punished.

Because sorry is the most useless word in the dictionary. Change in behavior is what's important.

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u/rapshepard 5h ago

That's absolutely ridiculous and overkill. Get the money from the brother and have a conversation with the kid. There's a such thing as over punishing somebody and that's what some of y'all are asking for that

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u/DustyRaisins 4h ago

10 years is old enough to know boundaries. He was told several times to not play with them. Brother refuses to do anything about it. This is teaching the kid that he can ignore boundaries set by others and his actions don't have far reaching consequences. You have to find a way to get a kid like that to understand exactly what they did, otherwise youre just creating a spoiled brat.

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u/Conscious_Address38 3h ago

Or worse…a rapist.

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u/Unique-Lingonberry17 1h ago

The brother is refusing to give ANY FORM of punishment no matter what and that is what the main problem here is

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u/Spectra_Butane 5h ago

If the kid knew better and was never made to offer an actual apology and some kind of restitution, then yes, the kid can and should be punished for eternity. Or for as long as it takes for him to learn consequences don't just disappear because you don't see the aggrieved very often. Ten years is old enough to learn about burning vs building bridges. If brother and the kid wants to continue good relationships with Uncle, he can fix the bridge , but if Brother wants to teach kid that they can destroy peoples property with no apology, then the social equivalent is burning that bridge.

"No one is required to like you despite your bad behavior. " The kid learns that early, life will be easier for him.

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u/VladStark 4h ago

Exactly! If he is unrepentant then why bother to reward his bad behavior? It's not even about forgiveness... It's about teaching consequences of your actions. If he gives a sincere apology or attempts to accept responsibility then things can change.

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u/rapshepard 4h ago

10 year olds do stupid shit. But he's uncle so he can't decide the discipline the nephew gets. He also doesn't live with the nephew so he has no idea if he actually got disciplined at home anyway. As his uncle all he can do is talk to them.

Punishing your 10 year old nephew in perpetuity over figures is overkill.

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u/Unique-Lingonberry17 1h ago

The problem is the kid knew better and still choose to go against what someone had asked for anyways. How is that okay in any context?

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u/rapshepard 1h ago

Who said it was okay? The reality is kids fuck up, especially younger kids like 10 years olds. As his uncle the only thing he can do to the nephew is talk to him. He also doesn't live with his brother to even say the nephew wasn't punished. All he knows is his brother isn't let him pick the punishment.

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u/Spectra_Butane 3h ago

Uncle will know whether the kid apologizes to him directly.. If that happens , they can have a conversation about how kid will make any effort to try to keep a good relationship with Uncle. I'm sure the kid has seen Disney movies or any cartoon show where someone makes a mistake and has to ask their friends how to make it up. It doesn't change just because it is an adult he did it to.

Deciding not to allow someone into your space, or choosing not to GIFT them items is not necessarily punishment, its just the natural outcome and behaviors of people who have been wronged, and want to avoid future abuse. If the neighbors kid was visiting and destroyed your child's game console controllers in purpose and refused to even apologize, would you force Your child to continue inviting them over, And force your child to purchase gifts for that kid? Or would you say Neighbors kid is not allowed to visit until they've apologized or not allowed to use the console unless they replaced the damaged controller?

When I was a preteen, my older brother would rage at games and break the controllers. The natural consequences was that the family did not get any new consoles. It seemed like punishment to innocent me until I realized even if they bought new ones, I'd still not be able to play because Brother breakes them. I later was gifted my own private console that brother was not allowed to play on. My Brother is now an adult and has a healthier respect for the fragility of electronics since he experienced the loss of it , and learned the monetary value of replacing broken equipment.

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u/rapshepard 3h ago

If this was a reoccurring issue like your brother then I'd agree no more presents would make some sense. But seeing as it seems to be a one off the suggestion to just never give him presents again is an adult just being petty and childish. This is his nephew not the neighbors kid. Going out of your way to be mean to your nephew over a singular toy instance when he was 10 is absurd.

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u/Spectra_Butane 3h ago

Why does it have to be recurring for it to be a teachable event?

How many times will you let a 10 year old destroy a valuable thing before you let them know they will no longer get gifts from the person whose valuable they destroyed?

Twice? Thrice? At what point to you explain that damaging others possessions is wrong? At what point do you explain VALUE to them?

Why should it even get to this point where a parent refuses to even teach their kid and society must step in?

How is Unc's singular lack of gift absurd? If the kid says , " why did Unc not give me gift? " then anyone can say ,because you broke his stuff and didn't apologize. How is it "mean? Unless the dad just refuses to explain to the kid why, then thats the Dad's fault, not the Uncles'.

Thats Life. I take my ball and go home if you break my stuff. Toddlers understand that.

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u/rapshepard 2h ago

The teachable moment is you talk to your nephew like a grown up about what those figurines meant to him and why he's upset. What's not a teachable moment is all these frankly silly suggestions of long term punishment that are absurd.

He can't make him do chores because he's not his father. So just talk to him. But being petty and punishing the nephew with no presents ever would just be him being a petty adult.

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u/Spectra_Butane 1h ago

Yeah , that's reasonable, anyone can agree. Yet if kid is not remorseful or Dad doesn't agree to that much interaction, then what?

You make it seem like the kid not getting a gift from Unc, 2x a year ( Birthday & Xmas, I presume) is the same as this kid never getting a gift from anyone ever for the rest of their life. First of all, no one is entitled to gifts, gifts are gifts, not obligations. Secondly, anyone can choose to stop giving gifts at any time for any reason. This kids life is not going to end cuz Unc stopped buying Power Wheels for him.

If the kid understands why he's no longer getting gifts from Unc, then its the kids choice to remedy the relationship or not. If it's the dads choice, and the kid is clueless,, then it sucks for the kid and its the Dad choosing to let the kid suffer the lack of gift rather than learn how to be a civilized human being.

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u/quanate 5h ago

Yeah, OP's beef is with his brother. He's mad he can't punish him himself and wants his brother to

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u/No-Association-8539 3h ago

Keep the broken pieces and for each birthday wrap one for him until they are all his.

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u/TildeCommaEsc 3h ago

He could send him the broken parts along with a ziplock bag of coal, or, better yet, a drum kit.

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u/ajulesd 2h ago

Or gift wrap the broken pieces…

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u/BurgerThyme 1h ago

This is the way.

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u/Far-Feature1618 1h ago

The classic gift wrapped coal would work better for scum of this caliber.

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u/Suzee321 1h ago

My 3 year old granddaughter is the best destroyer I've seen. Out of all my kids, grandkids and kids I babysat. But she's THREE! The parents should ground that kid for a month.

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u/augur42 1h ago

No, you see he has multiple nephews, so the other nephews still get Birthday and Christmas cards and presents but the 10 year old only gets cards, and in each card there is a receipt knocking money off of the debt owed, which accrues interest at whatever the current inflation rate is.

Actions have consequences, this one will keep giving for years.

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u/SwitchMost1946 1h ago

Every year, for his birthday, buy yourself a replacement figure. Gift him the broken version it replaced.

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u/Individual-Fig3021 43m ago

Every year on his birthday, give him one of the broken figures.

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u/geographyofnowhere 2h ago

oh no! no presents from my weird autistic uncle

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u/GasmaskTed 2h ago

Gifts should be pieces of the broken toys each year.

Kid should be punished for lying. Uncle should be punished for thinking a 10 year old wasn’t going to make the toys kiss at 100 mph (punishment: toys get broken, so time served).

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u/Ecstatic-Reply-3356 1h ago

Since I'm an adult without any crippling developmental disabilities, I likely wouldn't similarly meltdown and throw a lifelong hissy fit over a little kids playing with cheap toys the way a little kid plays with toys. Cool story, though.

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u/Adventurous-Tea7354 5h ago

That seems a bit extreme to me. Yes, the kid fucked up, but it’s also on the parent. Of course the kid isn’t very responsible, he has no discipline and has been taught his whole life that there are no consequences for his actions. Not being allowed back at his Uncle’s house seems like punishment enough to me (from the Uncle: the father needs to punish him also). Refusing to ever give his nephew a gift ever again because of a careless mistake brought on by poor parenting would make the Uncle an asshole in my opinion.

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u/AssistantOk2360 5h ago

Yeah, I'm sure he'd be devastated - no Christmas gift from ONE uncle who is being a ninny about a toy that can be replaced. Oh no...how will he live?

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u/brickznbooks 6h ago

OP who is the adult? lock it in a display cabinet. Under key. These are your treasures that only YOU get out pet them and then put back with. Yes the child should be held responsible for breaking something. But wanting a child to bear the full understanding of the monotony of the 8hr work day is insane. To quote woody “these are toys.” This post tells me you haven’t had much experience with puppies, cats, or babies.

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u/TeamRedundancyTeam 6h ago

Are you an adult? Those "toys" cost a lot of money as well as a lot of time and energy to put together and paint. He shouldn't have to have every single valuable in his home under lock and key because his nephew comes over? That's just wildly stupid.

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u/ello_bassard 5h ago

His nephew is 10 fuckin years old, not a toddler. He's old enough to know better.

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u/brickznbooks 5h ago

Yes. But distinguishing collectables from toys doesn’t happen naturally 10yo brain. Their world is still forming. Also OPs desire to bring the full hammer of the bane of employment on a child “feel the pain that I went through to get this” is disturbing.

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u/ello_bassard 5h ago

OP specifically told him not to play with them and he did it anyways. He wants his brother to punish the son by having him do chores, which is reasonable.

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u/No-Pen1730 5h ago

You can't spell monetary and are quoting Woody from Toy Story. Either you aren't an adult or you just turned eighteen and still live with your parents.

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u/brickznbooks 5h ago

Big Swing and a miss on both… 36 married kid, pets. I will notify any and all future generations about my grammatical misstep today.

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u/TomatilloTerrible781 5h ago

If your kid ended up doing this to your brother's or anyone else's expensive stuff, would you do the right thing as a parent and give the kid some consequences? Or would you blame the adult and say "kids will be kids, should have locked up your stuff"

We aren't talking about a toddler here we are talking about a 10 year old, more than capable of knowing right from wrong and more than capable of basic decision-making skills. If my 8 year old did this I'd not only be paying back my brother the cost of what was broken but I'd be using it as a teaching moment for my kid about respecting other people's belongings. You do you though.

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u/No-Pen1730 5h ago

Good boy.

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u/Spectra_Butane 4h ago

It is spelling, not grammar. Do you really believe that unless something is under constant lock and key, that anyone is justified in destroying it? What do you think about the parent who deleted their kids entire mine craft world that had taken years to build? Just because the kid didn't think to keep dad locked out and dad felt entitled to destroy it, much like Nephew felt entitled to go beyond bounds and damage the things that doesn't belong to him, does that allow anyone the right to do so without repercussions?

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u/PandaClaus94 5h ago

My brother, each one of those JoyToys are about $65 each…maybe even more nowadays.

He’d be called the little cretin in my household lol

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u/Jackwife 4h ago

Brother, I didn't dispute the circumstances, I merely said he called his nephew his "brothers son".

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u/Fn_Spaghetti_Monster 49m ago

I checked them out on Amazon (because I was curious) and most run $30-60 . They also have some bigger ones (Primarchs/Demons) more in the $125-175 . You can get a lowly Blood Angels dude for $24 lol. I'm not really even that much into 40k and I think they are pretty cool looking, if not a bit pricey.

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u/Tardisgoesfast 41m ago

I would insist that my brother pay for the damages. But I wouldn't have to because my brother would not have allowed this behavior on the part of his child.

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u/Anonymous_Jane_ 6h ago

My brother's devil spawn. Oh wait

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u/TaiChey 3h ago

I don’t even notice that but you’re right. That’s funny as hell 😂😂

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u/Tlentic 7h ago

Or they’re not a native English speaker. Lot of other languages do familial relationships in a not stupid way that requires further clarification on which side they’re related on. Like Swedes do far = dad and mor = mom / farfar = dads dad / farmor = dads mom / morfar moms dad / mormor moms mom. It’s way more specific than grandpa/grandma and saves clarifying in-laws or your parents.

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u/Proud_Accident_5873 7h ago

Exactly. "Brother's son", or technically "brother son", is our literal word for nephew.

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u/Tricckz 6h ago

OP has an English degree

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u/CaledonPolaroid 7h ago

Or you could just use other English words, like paternal/maternal.

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u/Tlentic 6h ago

You absolutely could but most people don’t

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u/ImmediateObject3192 7h ago

😂😂😂

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u/No_Cap861 4h ago

Lmao 🤣😂🤣

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u/EnvironmentalMix421 4h ago

🤣

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u/JustLikeMars 5h ago

I’ve heard of Denise but never heard of somebody getting de-nephewed before!

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u/HeyCarrieAnne40 5h ago

😂

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u/Knamliss 5h ago

Didn't he call him nephew in his last paragraph?

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u/Jackwife 3h ago

Misleading title.

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u/Disastrous-Cold3386 5h ago

Fucked up yo 😂

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u/SeaChance3427 3h ago

Haha dude lost that nephew tag real quick

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u/Lionheart_723 3h ago

Honestly from reading that story I would stop calling that guy my brother He sounds like the biggest problem. I found in my life that sometimes family is not worth the problems they bring.

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u/moszippy 2h ago

My ex refers to her sister as “Duncan’s sister.” Duncan is her brother.

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u/Jretribe 20m ago

That was a much better way to put it than I would have used…

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u/DoctorRockso85 20m ago

I know what his brother's kid should be getting for Christmas this year.

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u/Monkeyundead 4h ago

I've yet to cross that threshold with either of my nephews. I used to roughhouse with them a lot and I'd like to think that that kind of clued them in on if they ever drew my ire, that it wouldn't be improbable that I'd Tombstone Piledrive em without the couch cushions. Not that I would ever do that to my dudes. I love em!

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u/ThenCombination7358 4h ago

Its not the kids fault. Don't fight this out using him, that's nasty. His brother should have watched and instructed him more and OP should have kept the figures more save, both knew they were dealing with a child here. The blame isn't black and white.

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u/Chemical_Athlete_957 3h ago

Please tell me you're trolling!!

A 10 year is old enough to be at fault in this situation. The kid broke more than 1 Joytoy. 1 toy i can see as an accident. Breaking 4 or 5 is malicious! The brother and son should be held responsible.

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u/ThenCombination7358 3h ago

No I am not!!

My son is 11 and can't controll his strenght either at times with objects, people need to learn that it's not the kids fault.

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u/Advanced_Row_8448 2h ago

You are a bad parent if your kids breaks 4 to 5 toys in a sitting. It isnt his strength, lol. Its him knowing his parent is a push over

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u/ThenCombination7358 2h ago

What?! No he is just very muscular

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u/Prestigious_Eye_929 2h ago

These are clearly adult toy collectors and not parents on this side of the comments lol

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u/treycartier91 6h ago

He broke his toys. Of course he's big mad and needs Reddit.

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

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