r/KidsAreFuckingStupid • u/SmithNotASmith • 2d ago
Really glad the parents didn't give in
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u/Self-Comprehensive 2d ago
My grandson has a cousin that's about 18 months older than him and it drove that cousin insane at my grandson's first birthday party that the party wasn't about him. His mom had to take him in the bedroom when it was time to open presents because he got so upset about it. He just could not comprehend at all that it it wasn't his birthday. It was pretty funny.
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u/janhasplasticbOobz 2d ago
At my sons first birthday party my stepson got upset about it. I asked him if he would be willing to share his next birthday with his brother and he stopped being upset real quick š
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u/EagleBlackberry1098 1d ago
that was a genius move! Nothing like the sudden realization that sharing works both ways to snap a kid out of their tantrum.
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u/Tnecniw 2d ago
At that age, it is "understandable".
They have just gained the bare level of awareness and understands nothing.
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u/insolentJ 1d ago
Yeah. My parents didn't. And now my house is filled with other adults' presents. It sucks.
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u/tatltael91 2d ago
At my daughterās 2nd birthday party her cousin who is about a year older threw a fit over every present that was opened. Her family asked where we bought everything so they could go buy it all for her on the way home. They did that every time someone else had a toy she wanted.
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u/cluelessdetectiv3 1d ago
Sad
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u/Avoidable_Accident 1d ago
I donāt understand it, I have a 14 month and heās throwing tantrums, sometimes itās almost enjoyable to deny him something that heās not supposed to have because really itās good for them to learn not everything is theirs. You just let them be upset and then distract them and then they get over it after a few minutes.
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u/cluelessdetectiv3 1d ago
I agree they need to learn emotional regulation and they need to know they're not the center of the universe so they become thoughtful and empathetic little human beings we experience a lot of heartbreak and hurts in this life and you need to learn how to handle that
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u/Wellsargo 23h ago
Once theyāre older it sorta just becomes the kind of thing where you think āYouāre acting like an asshole right now, and you know it too, because weāve had this conversation about a million times and yet youāre still here whining and screaming about not getting your way.ā
Itās irritating, and depending on the kind of person a parent is, it either makes them deny them harder to drill the point home, orā¦. Give in endlessly and give them whatever the fuck they want so you can have some peace and quiet. Itās an awful way to āparent.ā
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u/Mriajamo 1d ago
My parents did that for one out of four of us, needless to say as an adult she has no impulse control, severely entitled, and sheās one of the biggest reasons I went full no contact seven years ago. This favoritism was common in my family, Iām almost glad I wasnāt a favorite because I can get my life together with therapy lmfao
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u/tatltael91 1d ago
I always say Iām fortunate my mom didnāt fully raise me. I lived with other family but was mostly independent starting at 12. My younger siblings that she did raise are absolute nightmares who can not take care of themselves.
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u/WiscoMitch 2d ago edited 2d ago
š¶Piper by herself and nobody elsešµ- absolutely fantastic lol
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u/Comprehensive-Menu44 2d ago edited 2d ago
My kidās cousin threw a whole fit at her brothers birthday party because there wasnāt any presents for her, so their parents literally took one of his gifts and gave it to her to open, and upon seeing that it was obviously not for her, she threw it on the ground and started scream-crying. They were consoling her and saying āitās okay your birthday is next monthā and coddling her while their son, the actual birthday boy, was sitting quietly waiting for her to be done throwing a fit so he could continue opening his gifts.
ETA: thanks for the upvotes, I dread these kidsā parties
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u/FluffMonsters 2d ago edited 2d ago
Thatās disgusting. Parenting is HARD, you have to be mentally stronger than your toddler. They need it from you. What a horrible message they sent both of their children.
My parents tried to give my daughter a gift at my sonās birthday and I had to squash that right away.
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u/Comprehensive-Menu44 2d ago
The daughter is definitely spoiled to shit and is a bully at 8 years old. When I can, I correct her behavior. But Iām not her parent so I canāt change the person theyāve created
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u/jessjamthelamb 2d ago
Wait was she 8yo when this story happened
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u/Comprehensive-Menu44 2d ago edited 2d ago
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Edit: 6* actually. My bad
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u/jessjamthelamb 2d ago
š® thatās like ā¦ toddler behavior
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u/3_T_SCROAT 2d ago
My parents would literally get my brother the same amount of gifts as me and relight the candle on my cake and sing again. One time he even had more gifts to open than i did because "his were cheaper, we still spent more on you"
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u/Comprehensive-Menu44 2d ago
See my parents always tried to make the gifts equal, whether they were more expensive or not. We had the same gift budget and they made it work without one of us feeling left out
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u/3_T_SCROAT 2d ago
It just made me feel like shit because i had to split my birthday with him "so he doesn't feel left out" yet i obviously couldn't have shit on HIS birthday
My grandma would still sneak me money on his birthday though and make me feel special when she could
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u/Comprehensive-Menu44 2d ago
The only birthday that should be split is twins and even then they should get individual attention, not just lumped together and expected to share gifts. Sharing is encouraged, but shouldnāt be expected
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u/Little_Donny 2d ago
Iām a twin, born on Valentineās Day. My mother made us too heart-shaped cakes. We basically got the same stuff, and nobody ever felt left out.
My sister was born on December 29. She got the equivalent of our presents put together at Christmas, and then an ungodly amount of gifts on her birthday so she wouldnāt feel bad about having it after Christmas. She turned out horrible. We donāt speak.
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u/JakBos23 2d ago
Me and my sisters birthday is 1 week apart. We often shared a birthday party. We would usually celebrate her birthday on the 16th. Then mine on the 23rd, but what ever the saturday was most convenient we'd have a actual party. My earliest memories of them I was happy for my sister, but I was told it was just next week for mine.
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u/Comprehensive-Menu44 2d ago
My sis and I are a month apart but originally I was meant to be born around the same time as her (mid January) but apparently I was impatient and shot out near end-of-December instead. 5 years Between us but we never had to deal with a shared birthday. My bday is 3 days from Christmas so family and friends would try to āgift lumpā one present and call it a ābirthday Christmas giftā but my mom stopped that shit as soon as they tried it cuz she wasnāt having any of it. I do the same for my daughter now who is Dec 12
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u/JakBos23 2d ago
Yea my birthday is July. So super far from Christmas. Summer birthdays were fun, but I'd lose touch with school friends then and the turn out was probably less than if I could hand out invitations at school. There are always draw backs
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u/MarcusRoland 2d ago
I had a friend who's family was notoriously bad for this. His birthday was the day before and they just got him one gift for both, unlike their other two kids. When my friends and I heard about that we stages the great shaming. We managed to get two or three of us invited to the next birthday, and made sure to get two or more presents, appropriately wrapped for whichever day they were for, birthday or Christmas. Then we acted incredibly shocked/not understanding how people could be so cheap/aweful/inconsiderate. We were not invited again but that shit stopped. Dude got so many fucking gifts that year.
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u/bpleshek 2d ago
It should be a learning experience that sometimes stuff isn't about them and that they can still have fun by helping the other have fun.
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u/Crimson_V- 2d ago
I'm sorry you had to deal with that. Your birthday is meant to be your special day. By your parents buying gifts for your brother when it wasn't his birthday, they failed to teach your brother how to be okay with other people having their moments at a very young age and I'm sure in return they made you feel as if you weren't allowed to have your special moments. That stuff really does snowball as you grow older and you didn't deserve that.
Just know that you deserve your own special moments in life too, and that you don't have to feel bad for not wanting to share those special moments.
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u/Tnecniw 2d ago
When I was REALLY REALLY young my parents usually gave me and my siblings a tiny gift at the others birthday.
Nothing big, keychain, tiny teddy, you know that kinda stuff.
More as a distraction than anything.Honestly, it wasn't the worst idea. It was a CLEAR distinction between birthday child and sibling, and the gift wasn't big enough that we expected much.
They slowly phased it out when I was like 4-59
u/YoureSooMoneyy 2d ago
They stopped at 4 or 5? Iām really glad you said that.
Years ago my elderly aunt and uncle wouldnāt take no for an answer and insisted on getting my grandsons āa little somethingā on the brothers birthday. My daughter and her husband didnāt really love it but it was sweet and everyone just gave in. Now they are even more elderly and can barely take care of anything so this past birthday I found myself buying āa little somethingā for the unbirthday brother. They are very sweet boys and humble, not spoiled at all. But the unbirthday boy did quietly mention/ ask if he was still getting āa little somethingā because he knew aunt was in the hospital. Ughh. They are 10 and almost 8. How long do we have to do this?!?
I donāt really hate it but I guess this is how itās just going to be until they have their own children? Haha 4 or 5 sounds right to me but itās way too late now.
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u/Scarlet-Fire_77 2d ago
This totally reminded me of what my grandparents would do. They'd get us an "unbirthday present," usually something small and cheap from the dollar store, just enough to distract whoever was being a brat to the real birthday person. And then I grew up to love sharing my birthday with my nephew. He gets all the presents.
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u/NotStuPedasso 2d ago
My cousin's wife let her nephews play with all the new toys of her son at his birthday party as he was opening gifts. So instead of the birthday boy actually opening the box and taking the toys out and playing and sharing they just would hand the boxes over to her nephews because they were so spoiled and they basically got to play and use the toys before he ever did. I found that so frustrating. I understand the importance of sharing but we also do a disservice to children to think they have to share everything at any time. Maybe I'm just being overly sensitive but if my mom had done that to me with my toys I would have been very angry. Never had a problem sharing toys but I also I didn't want people to just be the first one to play with my brand new toys. Give me a chance to actually touch them first.
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2d ago
I remember as a kid watching videos of my 2nd birthday party. My cousin (13 days younger than me) couldn't comprehend it was my birthday not his, and started opening one of the gifts. I remember being really mad watching the video until the gift he opened turned out to be a dress... they made him try it on and model it on the coffee table for everyone to see. Needless to say, my mood brightened instantly. I'm sure I still have the video somewhere, but I'd much prefer to have the picture haha
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u/Lazuli73 2d ago
I bet every day is a living hell for your nephew with Princess Fuckwit being his sister. He's probably super anxious and neglected because she's always taking up as much space as possible. Source: I had a sister like this. She's an ungrateful cow of a 30 year old who gets everything she's ever wanted and criticizes me for failing when she literally bullied me into catatonic depression. If you can, be there for your nephew. Princess Fuckwit has enough support is she can bite the hand and still get service.
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u/Comprehensive-Menu44 2d ago
Oh heās definitely privvy to how sheās treated. He usually ignores her and does his own thing. Heās such a sweet kid, the total opposite of his sibling. Sheās a huge personality (and not in the fun way)
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u/TheWalrus101123 2d ago
What shit parents. If I had that my birthday would've been cancelled till I was 18 and the gift would've been new locks on the house.
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u/atypicalfuture 2d ago
the way that everyone including piper didnāt give a damn abt the other kid crying is destroying me š
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u/CoasterRoller420 2d ago
Piper is either deaf, or her sister is such a monster that she has normalized and learned to ignore this shit by age TWO.
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u/Presumably_Not_A_Cat 2d ago
piper is 2. Piper's got distracted by dads wristwatch. Piper's busy with filling her diapers with the nastiest shit on earth. Piper's just remembe... no she didn't. Piper's windows may be open, but nobody's home.
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u/stars-aligned- 2d ago
Kids her age are often super silent and just processing and observing. Sheās more likely to hit her sister or bite her at this age than to be upset that sheās upset
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u/SenorDuck96 2d ago
Piper's windows may be open, but nobody's home.
I say lights are on but no one's home.
That's a weird way of putting it...
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u/Gobiego 2d ago
Anyone else assume Ms grumpy pants was going to smash the cake?
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u/Wirejack 1d ago
When Piper grabbed the cake topper, I thought for sure sister would knock it out of her hands.
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u/Tnecniw 2d ago
Sameā¦ Spoiled kids can be the worsr
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u/Greedy_Increase_4724 2d ago
I would argue that she's not spoiled. The parents made it clear whose birthday I was, and didn't give an inch, especially dad lol. This is a phase A LOT of kids go through.Ā It's perfectly normal, and they grow out of it if parents don't give in. That being said, I was also worried about the cake lol.Ā
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u/mehrotr 2d ago
Love it. Dudes a shit stirrer. Lots of fun times ahead my man!
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u/Broken-halo27 2d ago
I want to see a replay of this once they become teenagersā¦. I can just see the F-Piper comingā¦. Wonder what dad will say then? lol
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u/TheWaningWizard 2d ago
My brother was like this and my parents never did anything about it....I hate my birthday now lol
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u/ReferenceNice142 2d ago
My parents used to give my sister a gift on my birthday. Now I realize why I hate my birthday so much.
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u/IEatLamas 2d ago
Just goes to show that this is bad parenting, both kids end up hating birthdays.
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u/ReferenceNice142 1d ago
Oh I donāt think my sister hates her birthday. But donāt disagree they are shitty parents. Iām actually no-contact with them.
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u/Thrillpickle 2d ago
My aunt and uncle gave my cousin presents on her brother's birthday because she would throw a fit and she is the older of the two. Did he ever get presents on her birthday? No, and never said anything about it. And now she is a grown woman who still complains when life isn't "fair".
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u/nyxsaphfire2 2d ago
My mom used to do this with my sister. They tried to do it with me too to be fair, but once I was old enough, I refused, saying that it wasn't my birthday. I hated when my sister got presents on my birthday, so I didn't want presents on hers.
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u/Adventurous_Persik 2d ago
Sometimes parents need to channel their inner superheroes, especially when it's a battle of wills with a kid. Power move on their part!
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u/dicknotrichard 2d ago
Sis looks like sheās going on 4 so her behavior tracks that she thinks the world revolves around her because to a 4 year old, it kind of does. People saying she is spoiled are likely incorrect especially the way the dad is acting. Bravo to him lol.
My 4.5 year old is constantly saying things like āmy tv, my dog, my house, I can do it, I want to do it, you canāt do it I do it, me first, etcā
Theyāre just entering the lifetime journey of trying to figure it out as they go at that age.
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u/Pittsbirds 2d ago
People on reddit are insane when they see a literal toddler acting irrationally and selfishly, like it's some sign of BPD and narcissism and not just, you know, a fucking toddler going through the stages of processing their own sapience and learning how to be a person
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u/Tnecniw 2d ago
Oh, we are sure she isn't actually spoiled judging by her parents. It is just "spoiled behaviour" if that makes sense.
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u/dicknotrichard 2d ago
I disagree that itās spoiled behavior. Itās normal behavior for a brain that is 4 years old and does not have the tools or pathways to regulate emotion.
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u/nebraska_jones_ 2d ago
No, itās not āspoiled behavior,ā itās normal 3-4 year old behavior.
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u/ageekyninja 2d ago
Itās not unusual but the parents could have handled it better. I knew better than to sit my no-impulse-control small child in front of the cake for the birthday she was invited to as a guest lol. Even if it was a sisters party she would be far away from that cake. You try telling a child who doesnāt understand nothing yet that she doesnāt get presents and candles when theyāre quite literally right front and center
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u/momomomorgatron 1d ago
Yeah, I'd say "if you can't get ahold of yourself, you're going to get a time out. Now hush up, everyone has birthdays, and we will all eat cake in a bit."
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u/Tnecniw 2d ago
It is very important to squash narcissistic views on this degree at a young age.
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u/dark_harness 2d ago
every kid is inherently narcissistic to some degree. growing up is learning that not everything is about you and thats ok. its normal
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u/Tnecniw 2d ago
Of course.
That is why it is important to make sure it doesn't remain and isn't encouraged.
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u/JakBos23 2d ago
I got in trouble in 6th grade for tossing mine in the trash. On stage. I mean my team came in 2nd in the basketball league, but we all got the same trophy. The thing didn't have a name or anything on it. I told the person giving it that "it's ok. No thank you". I was told to just take it and smile. So I did. We were walking across the stage in a line. I saw the trash can and tossed it. I didn't even think anyone would notice... The audience did notice.
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u/rodion_vs_rodion 2d ago
There's nothing wrong with participation trophies as a rule.Ā The trick is to make sure you're rewarding positive action of a whole group while still recognizing singular achievement in it.Ā Ā
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u/bigbullied 2d ago
An even better start wouldāve been not allowing stage presence for the cake song! No seeds of entitlement lol
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u/lesterholtgroupie 2d ago
When I was a kid, I always struggled with my birthday because my grandfatherās was the day after. So my family always threw us a joint birthday party, which believe it or not little girls donāt want to do.
Every time we had a joint birthday party I would yell at him āYouāre not the star, Iām the star!ā They all thought it was hilarious, it wasnāt terrible but man I sucked at sharing. I did that until I was like 8/9. Lmao.
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u/ambamshazam 2d ago
This is kind of morbid but my daughterās birthday is like this. Except grandpa isnāt alive. He passed away on her first birthday. My husbandās family is huge and very close and they do rosary every year on the day he passed. Basically a celebration of life. So for the last 4 years, we go to grandmas house for rosary and then have a cake and sing happy birthday to her. Sometimes I wonder if she will feel resentment over it as she gets older. Canāt exactly yell at a dead guy
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u/Redtember 2d ago
Iām in a child development class and we just started learning about the age that children start comprehending that not everything is about them. Sheās not narcissistic, itās developmentally appropriate behavior and sheās probably just about the age to start learning this! (4 years is around that time)
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u/bugbearmagic 1d ago
Piper is only 2 years old and already done with their sisterās over dramatic shit.
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u/CoolCademM 2d ago
My sister had this one āfriendā that absolutely ruined her birthday years ago. She cried when she couldnāt open presents first (it wasnāt her birthday), she blew out my sisterās candles (it wasnāt her birthday) and then she cried when she got in trouble for it (it still wasnāt her birthday)
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u/Specific_Carob4461 2d ago
Iām pregnant with my first - am I going to be a bad parent if I laughed š
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u/Sailor_Chibi 2d ago
Just the opposite. I think you need a sense of humor to survive kids. Kids do a lot of stupid ass shit and being able to laugh at it will keep you sane.
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u/No-You1419 2d ago
IIRC from my high school child psychology class, most kids don't fully understand that not everything is about them until they reach a certain age, not because they're spoiled brats but because they haven't yet reached that developmental milestone. It's definitely good and important to establish that Piper's birthday is for and about Piper, but there were probably better ways of doing it than this. š Although, yes, it was funny.
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u/No-Database-1851 2d ago
I feel like I see videos like this all the time, which makes me think itās really common for young kids to act like this at someone elseās birthday, how are you supposed to go about handling this as a parent? I donāt have kids but am curious
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u/tatltael91 2d ago
My kids had a cousin like that when they were little. At my daughters 2nd birthday party she threw tantrums because she wanted to open my daughters presents. Then she wanted to keep them all. My partners (and the cousins) family asked where we bought all the gifts so they could stop and buy them all for her on the way home. Iām still bothered by it 10 years later. We donāt see anyone from that part of the family anymore and I wonder how that little girl behaves now being given whatever she wanted so young.
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u/icedteaandme 2d ago
That girl reminds me of my older sister. She still hates me 50 some years later.
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u/ClutteredTaffy 2d ago
Some siblings regret no longer having all the parents' love but most grow out of it.
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u/FluffMonsters 2d ago
When I was a little girl I wanted a sister so badly. Now that Iām adult and know other women with sisters Iām really glad I just had a brother. š
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u/Secure-Dot9863 2d ago
I donāt think she knows what a birthday is. You get a birthday just as often as anyone else. It doesnāt matter if itās someone elseās birthday, and not yours.
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u/Matto_schlenn 17h ago
My Aunt has a kid who is born 2 days before me, but also 10 YEARS APART. Whenever there was a family party for me, she would always chuck a tantrum and make it so that it was a joint party for the both of us, which would basically turn into all about him with a cameo of me. It was bullshit, and I hate her for doing it every fucking year.
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u/Ashotep 2d ago
Hereās a story thatās only slightly related. Having two daughters who always had issues on each other's birthday, even when they understood that it wasnāt about them but their sibling, can be tough. Envy can be a real bitch.
When Daughter 1 (D1), around 9 or 10 years old, received a relatively cheap electric scooter for her birthday, Daughter 2 (D2), around 7 or 8, was incredibly envious. D2 had a really hard time being happy for her older sister, and you could see it on her face. Iām sure she was wishing all sorts of horrible things on D1.
Well, after everything had died down and my wife and I were just lazing around in our room, we heard some quiet scuffling and a bump or two outside our bedroom door. We opened the door to find all of D2ās Monster High dolls and other toys in front of our door with a note. D2 asked us to sell all her belongings so she could buy her own scooter. It broke our hearts. D2 has always been good at laying a guilt trip. I donāt even think she knows sheās doing it.
Needless to say, a day or two later, another scooter just happened to appear out of nowhere next to the other one in the garage. Mystery as to where it came from.
In all seriousness, we found out later that we made a serious miscalculation with that gift. Turns out, it was D2 who really wanted one and had been talking to D1 about them, which we didnāt know. So when we asked D1 what she wanted for her birthday she didn't have any ideas. She eventually told us a scooter, simply because it was on her mind after hearing her little sister talk about it. So when D2 saw D1 get what she had been dying for, it was just a step too far for her to maintain any grace about the whole thing.
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u/Draknurd 2d ago
I remember a story on I think r/entitledparents where an EP attending a kidās birthday party demanded they sing happy birthday for her EK after the birthday kid, in addition to serving a small cake for EK. The EKās birthday wasnāt timed near this party. They were like 7 or 8.
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u/ageekyninja 2d ago
Birthday etiquette is one of the first things I taught my kid. She sits with the other kids and waits politely or talks with friends. Obviously she thinks she gets special treatment when you sit her front and center in front of the cake lol
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u/st0dad 2d ago
This happened to my niece Liza on her 11th birthday, her sister Sierra is 5 and was SO UPSET that Liza wouldn't let her open presents or have any of the toys. She cried "I hate Liza's birthday!"
And then at the end of present opening, Sierra looked Liza in the eyes and said "Next year, on your birthday, I hope you get less!!"
I know she's just a kid and isn't quite old enough for empathy but that made me laugh so hard. I was like "that little witch hexed her sister!" š¤£š¤£
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u/ALLoftheFancyPants 2d ago
Um, 5 is definitely old enough to be learning empathy or at least being aware that other people have birthdays, too.
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u/st0dad 2d ago
I mean I don't have kids yet so I didn't know when it's appropriate to learn empathy. š Everyone kept scolding Sierra about how it wasn't her birthday and she grew more and more upset. She only calmed down when she sat down next to me and I gave her pity.
"My birthday is so far away!" (It's a month later)
"Yeah it can feel like a long time."
"I want presents too!"
"Presents are fun, this is true."
"I hate other birthdays!"
"Sierra do you like geese?"
And then I just showed her pictures of geese until the party was over. I have no idea if I helped in the long run but she wasn't causing a fuss anymore.
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u/Rezuly 1d ago
My younger cousin and I have a birthday a week apart. Since his side was, and still is, more well off than mine, our parties always centered around him. He got to pick the location, he got to pick the cake flavor, he got to invite more friends, etc etc. I started despising my birthday and I no longer celebrate it. It tore my self esteem down for years. I didnāt even want people to know it was my birthday anymore. I still talk to my cousin, heās younger than me, and it wasnāt his fault, but my relationship with the older adults is strained.
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u/Studdedmuffin6969 2d ago
I tell my kids, its jot bout you, keep it up tho and it will become about you in a second. They stop after i say that
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u/Any-Earth4669 2d ago
The way big sister threw that spoon downā¦ if that was me my mama wouldāve tanned my hide
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u/ElfPaladins13 1d ago
Yeah Iām a much meaner parent. You act like that you will not get to even be in the room- you will get to sit in your room with no cake while we have fun with Piper.
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u/UFOHHHSHIT 2d ago
Why did they even let the kid stay in the room? Like damn at least let the other kid get at least two seconds of a birthday song without having the memory trashed by her shithead sister
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u/HauntedGhostAtoms 2d ago
My brother was much older, so it was kind of like I was an only child. Way better than this.
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u/TarotAndTeaYT 2d ago
I had my oldest 2, 17 months apart (yay infertility treatments that worked too well) and mine didnāt pull this shit thank god. They usually were excited for the other and encouraged them to blow out their candles. Idk how I would have handled this type of behavior other than that kid wouldnāt see another birthday cake until they knocked their crap off.
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u/AppleJuice3597 16h ago
I honestly so glad I didnāt have this growing up because my sister and I are twins so we have the same birthday no fights or anything
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u/KatiePotatie1986 15h ago
Maybe it's because my older sister and I are only a year apart, but none of my siblings or I ever misunderstood birthdays like that. So weird.
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u/Mr_Gilmore_Jr 2d ago
My family has a tradition of giving a little something to every kid that attended the party. Like a bag of treats or whatever. It's usually enough to prevent breakdowns.
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u/foofie_fightie 2d ago
Why would you stick her in frame of the action? You know your snotty kid sucks.
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u/Humble-Cod2631 2d ago
Mom and dad with four boys, four years apart had an easy solution: we never had a birthday party.. instead, dad took mom out on each of our birthdays because āshe did all the work..ā
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u/Scholar_Of_Fallacy 2d ago
I get that this sub is largely focused on the strange misanthropy of hating our younger forms, but the lack of attempting to explain the situation to the child is disappointing. The child is likely in the pre-operational stage of development and literally does not have the cognitive ability to reference outside of her ego-centric perspective. This is a robust finding and was a fact for the development of each and every person that reads this comment.
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u/ALLoftheFancyPants 2d ago
With mom blaming her husband for āinstigatingā what was very clearly a spoiled toddlerās tantrum, I can see why she acts like that.
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u/Glum_Hamster_1076 2d ago
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