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[quote=Anonymous]Agree that this has zero to do with the college fund. He was given something by a grandparent and his reaction was completely bratty, disgusting, and socially inappropriate. At 14, it doesn't matter if you are sleep deprived or "being a teen." I wouldn't accept that excuse from an 8-year-old. You can perhaps inadequately hide disappointment, but to be actively rude and make sarcastic comments about the gift? No no and no. Shocking.

And to the people saying all teens make rude comments, yes they do, but it very much depends on who. Being rude to your parents or siblings is much different than being rude to a grandparent or an adult outside the home. I would be mortified and tear my kid a new one. My own parents tolerated some degree of snark and backtalk from us in the privacy of the home, but if we ever embarrassed them in public or treated extended family or another adult like that, we would have been verbally chewed to bits and severely punished. I'm trying to fathom ever speaking to my grandparents in such a way and it's making me shudder. He can think whatever he wants in his own head but the problem here is terrible manners and social skills that need immediate correction, not the 529.[/quote]

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