Family Outrage At Teen After Nephew Eats Broken Glass In His Room And Gets Hurt

"I should have told my mom about the glass, but i was really rushing in the morning"

Damjan

• Published in Interesting
• January 26, 2024

We've all had those mornings when we're rushing so much that we forget to do something important. This can sometimes lead to problems that we never expected.

A story about a 16-year-old girl shows exactly this kind of situation. She was late for work, left a mess in her room, and then something bad happened that caused a big argument in her family.

OP of this story, a 16-year-old girl was running late for her job. In her hurry, she accidentally knocked a glass cup off her desk, and it broke on the floor. She didn't have time to clean it up, so she just locked her room and left.

Later, her older sister came over with her two kids, a boy and a girl who are both six. Somehow, the boy got into OP's locked room and ate some of the broken glass.

He had to go to the hospital and get stitches in his mouth. When OP got home, her family was really upset with her.

They said she should pay for the hospital bill and apologize. They even threatened to stop talking to her if she didn’t.

OP didn’t think it was all her fault. She had locked her room, and someone else must have let the kids in. Plus, she thought her sister should have been keeping a better eye on her kids. She knew she should have told her mom about the glass but was too worried about being late for work again.

OP was running late for work and accidentally knocked a glass cup off her desk, due to her rush, OP decided to leave the mess for later.

OP's mother scolded her for her nephew swallowing glass shards from her room while her sister and kids were visiting, resulting in a trip to the ER.

They're upset with OP for not cleaning up, they're also asking OP to cover the medical expenses and OP believes she is not at fault because she locked the door.

OP regrets not informing her mom about the broken glass, but OP's sister should have been supervising her children.

OP's family threatened to cut her off unless she paid the bill and apologized, but OP believes she is not in the wrong.

Why is a 6-year-old eating things off the floor, especially glass?

OP's sister should take responsibility for her own children's safety, and it's unreasonable for her to expect OP to cover for her parenting mistakes.

Someone left a child unsupervised, which is the responsibility of the adults.

The kids who entered OP's room don't live there, so OP couldn't have anticipated this problem.

OP's nephew's actions should be a cause for concern, considering the child's age.

There was no need for others to enter OP's locked room, and OP's sister should take responsibility for her children.

The blame is on the intruder and their negligence.

It's unfortunate, but expecting a severe punishment is unreasonable.

The responsibility lies with the person who unlocked the room and allowed OP's unsupervised nephew to play inside.

The main responsibility should go to the person who let a 6-year-old child get into a room with broken glass on the floor. It's not fair to blame OP (the 16-year-old) for this, especially when she had locked her room to keep it safe.

OP's sister needs to take better care of her kids and not expect OP to fix her parenting mistakes. Adults are in charge of making sure kids are safe, and someone didn't do that here.

Also, remember that the kids who went into OP's room don't live there, so OP couldn't have known they would do this. Locking her room was a smart thing to do.

While it's sad that this happened, punishing OP harshly isn't right. Instead, we should focus on making sure kids are supervised well and that safety issues are addressed. The person who let the child into the room and didn't watch out for them is the one to blame.

Damjan