Her Kid's Friend Was Fooling Around And Broke Her Phone, And Now They're Not Allowed To See Each Other

It can be a tricky business teaching kids responsibility without coming down with an iron fist.

On the one hand, they should learn that there are consequences for their actions, but on the other hand, you can't expect them to act like adults when they don't have the same rights or resources as adults.

So you end up insituations like this:

Am I the asshole for making my daughter's friend take a little responsibility?

My daughter and her friend were having a pillow fight in her bedroom.

The friend picked up a baseball bat and hit my daughter's bed with the bat.

My daughter's phone was on the bed.

The friend knew the phone was there because he put it there.

The baseball destroyed the glass on the phone.

It was a Pixel 9.

At the time of writing, used Pixel 9s are going for around $300 – $500.

They're still $1000+ new.

I was furious.

She tried to say that she would pay to fix the phone when she gets a job over the summer, which at the time was 2 months away.

She was supposed to go without a phone for at least 2 months.

I told the friend that she needed to pay for half of either getting the phone fixed or a new phone.

She would not tell her what happened, so I told her that if she didn't, I was going to file a small claims suit.

I'm not a lawyer, but I don't think you can sue a minor like that.

The cost to replace the glass was over $300.

The cost to replace the phone with a cheaper Moto phone was $250, so my daughter went with the Moto phone.

Her friend gave only $100 toward the phone.

It seems like she's really upset about how much all of this costs, huh?

I didn't really care about the money.

They were both in the wrong.

My daughter got in trouble for it and also had to work for the rest of the phone money, but now the friend isn't allowed to come over and my daughter isn't allowed over there.

Am I the [jerk] here?? … For making her friend take some responsibility??

Let's see what the comments made of this:

Are you ending a friendship over this?

This is probably the MOST sympathetic comment she got:

Why didn't you talk to her parents?

There's a lot about this that's baffling. But here's a hot tip:

If you don't want your daughter to resent you when she grows up, maybe don't destroy her relationships over trivial matters.

If you liked that story, read this one aboutGrandparents who set up a college fund for their grandchild because his parents won't, but then his parents want to use the money to cover the sibling's medical expenses.

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