A 25-year-old parent asked if they were wrong for yelling at their 4-year-old niece after she kept breaking their 1-year-old son’s toys. The niece had bitten holes in his ball pit balls, chewed up the foam floor mats, and left teeth marks on his walker. The parent firmly told the child to stop putting toys in her mouth after they saw her do it again. They then sent her back to her mother and later messaged the child’s mother to talk about it.
The niece’s father, who is also the poster’s brother, got angry and yelled at them, saying, “They’re just cheap toys, not a $200 tablet.” This made things worse. The poster has stopped letting their niece play with their son’s toys since then. They tell her each time that she can’t because she doesn’t treat them right. The brother and parents think the poster overreacted, but most people would agree that they aren’t the A-hole; they’re just protecting their child’s things and teaching them to respect other people’s things.
AITAH for scolding my niece and not letting her play with my sons toys?
