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Buying school supplies for kids who don’t have them is a very nice thing to do.

What would you do if you purchased some inexpensive school supplies for a student who had none, but then that kid’s parents complained and said that you should have bought nicer items?

That is what happened to the parent in this story, and now he wonders if he was out of line for donating supplies that weren’t the same as what he bought for his own child.

Personally, I think those parents are entitled and deserve nothing. Read through the full story here and see what you think.

AITA for buying cheap supplies for a child when my child had more expensive ones?

Every Monday in this school year I (30, single das of two, without much money) took the four children that had mandatory language prep class from the kindergarden to school.

Walking your kids to school is a great experience.

I do this voluntarily and by foot since parents are not allowed to drive or go by bus with children from other families during kindergarden time.

Every child got a pencilcase filled with supplies and had to bring a backpack and a water bottle. Since we walked and I was not allowed to give them food or drinks or put their stuff into my bag, this was important.

Ok, let’s see what the problem is.

My child has a very expensive anti allergic water bottle (when she was little she had severe neurodermitis and we had to do an elimination diet) and a branded backpack she also uses for her sport and got from her grandma for winning her first medal.

One of the other children never brought a backpack. So, I asked kindergarden to speak with their parents. I couldn’t speak to them directly because we have no language in common (at least none that they are willing to use. Their country is in war with the country of the only language they and I can understand a little).

This is very generous of him.

Since nothing happened, still no backpack, I asked the kindergarden if I could bring a backpack and bottle and they would keep them there. They were really happy about this offer, and told me they would speak to the parents and I got a yes from the kindergarden the day after.

I bought a cheap backpack (the second cheepest ergonomical one I found, the cheapest one had a picture of something the child didn’t like) and the cheepest bottle out of certified food graded plastic that had a design I knew the child likes.

Why would the parents have a problem with this?

The child was happy and loved it. The kindergarden washed the bottle with their breakfast supplies and filled it with the water the children drink there during the day. It worked fine the Rest of the school year.

Yesterday, after the the last language prep class, the children took their things home with them. The parents of the child weren’t happy because their child had cheap supplies.

If they want their child to have nicer things, they can buy them themselves.

They wanted the kindergarden to tell me that it wasn’t ok that their child had cheap supplies etc. But the kindergarden refused, so they took a person to translate for them and called me.

They think it wasn’t ok, since my child had high-quality supplies, that their child had cheap supplies for the whole year and that it was unfair for their child to have cheap supplies when every other child had some that cost more.

These parents are very entitled.

And that the child could have been mocked because of it. (Which I don’t really think is true because children are much more about the design then the price. At least in kindergarden).

But they obviously were upset enough to get a translater. So, it seems to be really inportant to them.

AITA?

Honestly, even if the kid were mocked, that isn’t this guy’s fault. He was doing something nice, and the entitled parents are jerks about it. Let them buy their kid school supplies next time.

Let’s see what the people in the comments have to say about this story.

What kind of priorities must these parents have?

Beggars can’t be choosers.

This person sums it up nicely.

These parents really should be grateful.

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If they want nicer things for their kid, they can buy them.

If you don’t like what is given to you, buy what you want with your own money. The level of entitlement these parents have is off the charts.

They are not only unappreciative of what they got, but they had the nerve to complain about it. Unbelievable.