Mom took apart my 6yr olds legos

[Anonymous]

Stop engaging with the troll!

This person is deliberately provoking you.

[Anonymous]

Looks like granny found the thread.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Your mom has to separate out all the pieces into their respective sets. Then she’ll understand how much painstaking effort it is on the part of a SIX year old to put these together. Hand her the booklets, pour the legos on the dining room table, and tell her that’s her consequence. Other people can help, but she has to make a sincere effort before you let her off the hook.

THIS. Your mom needs to do this to make it right, OP. Not your dad and not your kid. Please stick up for your DS on this one. Poor guy!

[Anonymous]

This is a whole lot of nothing over grandma cleaning up a playroom.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Eh he’s 6. No way I’m picking a fight with adults I otherwise get along with because of a 6 year old’s toy, nor am
I subjecting anyone to sorting or rebuilding. If he wants to, he can. If not, whatever.

You’d throw your own child under the bus to protect yourself. You’re spineless.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Eh he’s 6. No way I’m picking a fight with adults I otherwise get along with because of a 6 year old’s toy, nor am
I subjecting anyone to sorting or rebuilding. If he wants to, he can. If not, whatever.

+1

Unless you have some reason to believe she did it maliciously, all you have is an old lady who put away some toys and thought she was being helpful. I absolutely would not yell at her or demand she buy my kid anything. I can’t believe you treat your mothers like this.

There's something really wrong with both of you, honestly. I mean that. Unless you have had literally no experience with Lego (in which case you should stay out of the discussion), it seems like you're both as psycho as the grandma. I feel sorry for your kids.

First PP - I have experience with Legos. They are a toy - this lady didn’t take apart a real NASA space shuttle. I also have experience with families and sorry but I won’t treat my parents/ILs poorly bc my 6 yr olds feelings are hurt over a TOY. No I wouldn’t kick her out, make her apologize to a person 1/10th of her age, buy him anything, or subject her to the indentured servitude of sorting and playing with legos. No way. He has to learn that feelings get hurt and when it’s about toys, he has to sort that out and no adult is going to coddle him over it. I mean she didn’t destroy his homework or his prescription glasses?!

This is just mean. God forbid a parent "coddle" her *six year old* for being upset something he worked hard on was destroyed for no apparent reason and then he got scolded for being upset. I know I'll get dragged for this but Grandma's approach to scold the kid for being upset sounds like a great way to teach toxic masculinity.

This poster sounds like the bitter narcissistic parents/grandparents all over the internet who don't understand why their families don't want anything to do with them.

I find it incredible that there are so many cold-hearted mothers. Is it because this is about a boy? Then these same women complain that their husbands are emotionally unavailable blah blah blah. As women, we have a responsibility to teach our sons that they can express their emotions and that we’ll be there to hold them. This isn’t coddling; it’s normal human behavior. Women who can’t do this shouldn’t be mothers because they’re creating problems society will have to address.

[Anonymous]

Oh my god. Some of you people just can’t function in life without validation and crowdsourcing. Is the LEGO trauma legit? I want to blame grandma, but let me crowdsource it to make sure I should.

It seems like you would know by now if grandma’s a monster who likes to hurt children by f@cking up their toys. If she’s not, do the rational and reasonable thing that most adults have learned to do and give her the benefit of the doubt. This is a skill that you can hone by living life rather than looking for answers to your social problems online.

[Anonymous]

oh, but it's so much fun

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Eh he’s 6. No way I’m picking a fight with adults I otherwise get along with because of a 6 year old’s toy, nor am
I subjecting anyone to sorting or rebuilding. If he wants to, he can. If not, whatever.

+1

Unless you have some reason to believe she did it maliciously, all you have is an old lady who put away some toys and thought she was being helpful. I absolutely would not yell at her or demand she buy my kid anything. I can’t believe you treat your mothers like this.

Mothers aren’t special just because they gave birth to you. If they can’t respect your family or your home, they deserve the consequences. And in this case, the mother scolded the child even though she was at fault.

+1

Just because someone is old and has a vagina doesn’t mean they can do whatever they want with no consequences.

Shame on the people defending the person who actually did something wrong here.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Your mom has to separate out all the pieces into their respective sets. Then she’ll understand how much painstaking effort it is on the part of a SIX year old to put these together. Hand her the booklets, pour the legos on the dining room table, and tell her that’s her consequence. Other people can help, but she has to make a sincere effort before you let her off the hook.

THIS. Your mom needs to do this to make it right, OP. Not your dad and not your kid. Please stick up for your DS on this one. Poor guy!

That's ridiculous. My kids have SO MUCH FUN sorting their Halloween candy over and over, in different ways. They have fun sorting their art supplies in different ways. Legos are TOYS. What Grandma did just means the kid can play with his toy again. This is not a huge deal.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP ~ your Mom will get what's coming to her. Your son will remember this forever. You don't really need to do anything.

Get a grip! The grandmother made a mistake and yes the little boy is upset--not the end of the world and certainly not something that would leave an indelible mark on his life. The mother could mollify the situation by encouraging the boy to rebuild and recreate. The grandmother could help (if the boy allows). There's no need to be so melodramatic.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Oh my god. Some of you people just can’t function in life without validation and crowdsourcing. Is the LEGO trauma legit? I want to blame grandma, but let me crowdsource it to make sure I should.

It seems like you would know by now if grandma’s a monster who likes to hurt children by f@cking up their toys. If she’s not, do the rational and reasonable thing that most adults have learned to do and give her the benefit of the doubt. This is a skill that you can hone by living life rather than looking for answers to your social problems online.

But then you wouldn’t have anything to whine about.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Your mom has to separate out all the pieces into their respective sets. Then she’ll understand how much painstaking effort it is on the part of a SIX year old to put these together. Hand her the booklets, pour the legos on the dining room table, and tell her that’s her consequence. Other people can help, but she has to make a sincere effort before you let her off the hook.

THIS. Your mom needs to do this to make it right, OP. Not your dad and not your kid. Please stick up for your DS on this one. Poor guy!

That's ridiculous. My kids have SO MUCH FUN sorting their Halloween candy over and over, in different ways. They have fun sorting their art supplies in different ways. Legos are TOYS. What Grandma did just means the kid can play with his toy again. This is not a huge deal.

You really don’t get the point, do you?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:“Hey, Mom...I realize you didn’t do this intentionally, but I need you to understand what a big deal this is. Not only did it take Larlo days to build them, but practically speaking they can’t simply be rebuilt since you mixed the pieces together. The reality is that the only way to fix this is to buy him new sets...which are expensive. I’m sure you realize you need to make this right. You need to apologize to him and then go online and order replacement sets—and you might want to let him pick an additional one just to show him how truly sorry you are. And next time, please don’t clean up after the kids or anyone else. I know your heart was in the right place, but this could have been avoided.”

Have you tried this yet, OP?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Eh he’s 6. No way I’m picking a fight with adults I otherwise get along with because of a 6 year old’s toy, nor am
I subjecting anyone to sorting or rebuilding. If he wants to, he can. If not, whatever.

+1

Unless you have some reason to believe she did it maliciously, all you have is an old lady who put away some toys and thought she was being helpful. I absolutely would not yell at her or demand she buy my kid anything. I can’t believe you treat your mothers like this.

There's something really wrong with both of you, honestly. I mean that. Unless you have had literally no experience with Lego (in which case you should stay out of the discussion), it seems like you're both as psycho as the grandma. I feel sorry for your kids.

First PP - I have experience with Legos. They are a toy - this lady didn’t take apart a real NASA space shuttle. I also have experience with families and sorry but I won’t treat my parents/ILs poorly bc my 6 yr olds feelings are hurt over a TOY. No I wouldn’t kick her out, make her apologize to a person 1/10th of her age, buy him anything, or subject her to the indentured servitude of sorting and playing with legos. No way. He has to learn that feelings get hurt and when it’s about toys, he has to sort that out and no adult is going to coddle him over it. I mean she didn’t destroy his homework or his prescription glasses?!

Toys are important to children and he worked hard putting the Legos together. His Grandma was wrong no matter what it was