Kids don’t always play nice, but it’s usually the adults who make things worse.

What started as a simple squabble over a toy became a full-blown family feud with no resolution in sight.

Read on for the full story!

AITA for telling my SIL to ask her kid to stop harassing my son?

So we recently had a birthday dinner for my MIL, and all the family was there.

SIL has a daughter who is 7 years old, and my son is 4.

We’ve only met them twice because she lives out of state, but they’re here for a week on vacation.

The day started off innocent enough.

The daughter had a stuffed toy that she left on the floor, which my son picked up and started playing with.

A little later, we heard her looking for it, so my son ran up to her and said, “Here you go!”

But the daughter’s attitude soon escalated out of control.

SIL’s daughter asked my son where he got it in a really aggressive and accusatory tone, which immediately made him nervous.

He just told her he forgot while trying to thrust the toy into her hands.

SIL’s daughter refused to take it and yelled, “But where did you get it?!”

My son just kept saying he didn’t know as she got more and more frustrated.

My FIL jumped in and told her it was on the floor.

This wasn’t a satisfactory answer in the daughter’s eyes.

She just glared at him and said, “But I want HIM (my son) to tell me where he got it!”

I jumped in at this point and told my son to come to me so he could watch videos on my iPad right next to me.

My SIL just rolled her eyes and told her daughter, “It doesn’t matter, girl.”

But that was only the beginning.

About 20 minutes later, my son got tired of his videos and was playing in the TV room alone with his own toys.

SIL’s daughter grabbed one of his toys and refused to give it to him.

She kept asking him, “Where did you find my stuffie?!” and saying that he needs to be punished because he’s a liar.

At this point, they step in to mitigate the conflict.

I took the toy from her, told her it’s not nice to yell at people, especially kids younger than her, and carried my son to the dining area with me.

They tell their SIL she should probably get in on some of this parenting action too.

I told my SIL to get her daughter to stop harassing my son.

Meanwhile, her daughter was still screaming in the TV room, “Where did you find it?! It’s a simple question!”

But the SIL had no interest in correcting her daughter’s bad behavior.

She basically told me that her daughter expects honesty and she’s not going to punish her for wanting the truth.

We left shortly after that because my son was starting to cry.

Needless to say, this playdate didn’t leave a good impression on anyone.

My FIL walked us out the door and said even he was shocked by their granddaughter’s behavior.

This is only the second time we’ve seen them, the first time being when she was a toddler.

The tensions lingered far after everyone went home.

Later on, my husband received a scathing text from his sister, telling him to keep me in line.

She called me a ***** and said, “How dare I discipline someone else’s kid and accuse a 7-year-old of harassment?”

Of course, the SIL doesn’t see any errors in her own parenting.

She also said that my son shouldn’t have taken her daughter’s toy and that I didn’t even make him apologize.

My son gave her toy right back when she asked for it.

Now this parent is left wondering if they did the right thing.

AITA for telling her daughter off when she was taunting my 4-year-old? Should I have just gotten the toy from her and not said anything?

When lines start getting drawn in the sand, you know the battle is far from over.

Reddit is sure to have some strong opinions on this one.

When kids are fighting, the responsible thing to do as an adult is to step in when things get out of hand.

This user thinks the SIL’s daughter’s behavior should be called what it is.

This user definitely doesn’t approve of the SIL’s parenting.

This commenter suspects that the author’s child isn’t the first kid her SIL’s daughter doesn’t get along with.

This situation exposed a lot more tensions than anyone expected.

In the end, the toy was returned, but the damage to the family dynamic was done.

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