Man Gets Accused Of Favoritism After Buying His Daughter Her Own Nintendo Switch Because Her Step Siblings Refused To Let Her Play
When it comes to a child's health and development, play is more than just a chance to have fun. The various forms of play, such as hide-and-seek, pat-a-cake, and peek-a-boo, have a significant positive impact on a child's brain, body, and quality of life.
But in these modern times, kids prefer to play video games, and there are a lot of options for them in the market. Parents often buy games for their kids as birthday or Christmas presents, and that is exactly how the OP in today's story did it.
The OP's wife has a son and a daughter who aren't his, but they both have a daughter together. They bought the kids a Nintendo Switch for Christmas and made it clear that it was for all three.
Christmas went fine as they all played the game for hours. The OP's wife traveled, and the OP had to go to work, so both older kids were to keep an eye out for the youngest during the remainder of Christmas break.
But then, the OP found out that the wife's kids have not been allowing his daughter to play with them, so she would normally sit in a corner upset. This repeated itself until the OP decided to buy his daughter her own Nintendo Switch, and it didn't sit well with the others.
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u/callmecrashieAll the games we purchased had multiplayer function and they also gave each kid their own controller
u/callmecrashieMost the time, they’d give the OP a bunch of hot air without a definite reason
u/callmecrashieThey don’t think it’s fair the younger gets to have a console to herself
u/callmecrashieCurrently, they’re barely speaking to the OP and said to fix things
u/callmecrashieRedditors trooped in to drop their one cents on the issue and we've gathered some of their comments for you to read through below
RedditThey are the major AHs
RedditShe can't play like they can
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You were a little impulsive getting the second one
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So dead wrong
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You might want to set up a camera
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Your wife is the one showing favoritism
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They refused to share with your daughter
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The older two have no console at this point
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You drew a line in the sand
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Sounds like typical sibling rivalry
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They wanted that console for themselves
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All or none at all isn't fair at all
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Locking it up till a compromise was made
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They are not being kind to their little sister
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This Redditor would hold firm with the OP's decision
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They're old enough to know how to share
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It is just an unfortunate situation
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Having insecurities about your relationship with your step kids
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She did theirs for play time which she didn't get
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Looking at it, nothing at all has changed for the older kids except that they have lost their method of bullying their sister. Maybe it will teach them to share, but according to Redditors, buying a third is telling the older ones to make their sister's life miserable to get what they want.
What are your thoughts about this story? What would you have done differently?
