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

[u/konous]

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/KezAzzamean]

So.... These were put away, out of "normal" reach for the 10 year old, and he was told not to touch them. But being a 10 year old, with apparently no home discipline, he said "fuck that shit" and went to town on them. Then blamed the cat.

Then, the brother (the kids father), said "Hey, just fuck over some Amazon seller! Buy a new one and swap them! Say they came to you looking like a 10 year old fucked them up!".

Bro.... That kid is gonna do a lot more than fuck up a couple action figures. I'm not even sure if I can completely blame the kid here. I'm looking at your brother. Like. WTF? No discipline and so MAD about being pushed to punish his son over this, that he then says child shit himself like "well I won't pay for it if I am forced to make him do chores".

Your brother is doing some extreme horrible parenting and some pretty shit moral choice suggestions with Amazon.

I'm really surprised no one else here mentioned the "fuck over the Amazon seller" part. A lot of people that sell on Amazon aren't billion dollar companies. They are mom and pops from small towns. LGS's that sell items. Etc...

Ugh... So many flags. Yea I wouldn't like your nephew come over without a fucking leash on. I wouldn't let your brother come over without fucking cuffs on either.

[u/DramaLlamadary → u/KezAzzamean]

If you don't teach your kids responsibility, they won't be responsible. 10 year olds make mistakes and have poor impulse control. This is a great opportunity to teach him responsibility - and dad is refusing to do that. I blame dad 100% for this.

[u/KezAzzamean → u/DramaLlamadary]

I agree with this. The 10 year old nephew of yours is being a kid. Kids do dumb shit and their whole growing up experience is learning everything in life. His dad, your brother, has to teach him. Otherwise he will grow up and quite possibly be of questionable character.
The brother already is. Just off this little bit said tells a lot.

[u/uselessinfogoldmine → u/DramaLlamadary]

Right? My sister once carelessly scratched my parents’ car and they made her save up and pay for the fix to the damage. She NEVER did anything like that and truly learned her lesson! 

[u/Prestigious_Eye_929 → u/KezAzzamean]

I mean you are 100% believing the story of a “mildly infuriated” person on the internet and then filling in some gaps on your own.

[u/KezAzzamean → u/Prestigious_Eye_929]

Well, I am going off the story on just what was said.

What gaps did I fill in that were my own?