Sometimes parents spoil their children willingly, or without noticing.

In this case, a mom spoiled her teenage daughter by always giving her the latest tech whenever she asked for it or (suspiciously) broke it.

But not this time.

But after her daughter protested, she’s wondering if she’s in the wrong.

Let’s analyze the situation.

AITA for refusing to buy my daughter another phone and “ruining her life”

I have a daughter (14 years old) and she’s pretty clumsy. We bought her an iphone 13 pro a couple years ago.

She broke hers just months after getting it and thankfully we had applecare and managed to get it repaired.

Now she again broke her phone this time after it accidentally fell off her hand at a friend’s house while she was playing a video game.

The phone is too badly damaged now.

She is now begging for an iphone 15.

The most recent one, as of when this was posted. Suspicious.

Unfortunately it’s no longer covered by insurance meaning we will have to buy a new phone.

We just spent a lot of money on a gaming PC and an ipad for her 14th birthday I don’t really want to spend more money on electronics and smartphones for her especially.

A new iphone would cost a 1000 dollars.

She’s also broken it once already and I feel I’ll be rewarding this behavior if I buy her another phone as she still seems to be clumsy.

I made a deal with her that if she keeps her ipad for a year without breaking it, I’ll buy her a new phone the next year.

She’s now complaining that I’m going too far and that I’m “ruining her life” and that she needs an iphone.

She “needs” the latest version. This generation, I swear…

She does still have a smartphone but she complains about it being slow and having a bad camera.

She’s currently using her sisters old redmi note 11 it’s working well but it isn’t as cool as her iphone.

But im wondering if I should just get her another iphone and if I’m going too far with the punishment.

AITA?

So she has a phone? Okay, case is closed.

Let’s see what Redditors have to say.

A commenter shares some wise words.

A reader raises important questions.

Another commenter sounds suspicious.

Someone sounds baffled at the situation.

Another reader shares their opinion.

Exactly.

What she needs is to learn the value of things.

Let’s hope this is a sticking point.

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