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Modern parenting means deciding which requests are needs and which are just wants.<\/p>\n
So when one father\u2019s college-aged daughter asked for a new iPhone and he told her she\u2019d have to pay for it herself (despite covering the cost of his younger son\u2019s phone), she accused him of playing favorites<\/a>.<\/p>\n Read on for the full story.<\/p>\n My daughter is in college and asked me if she could upgrade her old iPhone to the new iPhone 12. I think she\u2019s had her old one for 3 years now and she\u2019s still on my phone plan.<\/p>\n But when he told her no, she didn\u2019t take it well.<\/p>\n I told her she would need to pay for the upgrade, and she got angry at me.<\/p>\n She said all of us (wife, son, and I) upgraded ours to a 12 Pro and I should pay for hers too.<\/p>\n He told her she was in college now, so she was out of luck.<\/p>\n I told her that if she wanted a luxury item, she would either need to get a part-time job and pay for it or wait till she gets a full-time job\u2014that I don\u2019t owe her an iPhone just because she wants one.<\/p>\n My wife\u2019s 100% with me on this, but I wonder what Reddit thinks.<\/p>\n AITA?<\/p>\n He meant to teach his daughter responsibility, but he just left her feeling like an afterthought.<\/p>\n What did Reddit think?<\/p>\n His daughter\u2019s entitlement reflects more negatively on his parenting skills than he\u2019s willing to admit.<\/p>\n His daughter\u2019s reaction was likely about much more than just an iPhone.<\/p>\n Maybe his daughter just senses some unfair favoritism here.<\/p>\n Sibling rivalries persist even after the kids become adults.<\/p>\n By covering his son\u2019s upgrade and denying hers, he (albeit unintentionally) sent a message that her needs mattered less.<\/p>\n If you thought that was an interesting story, check out what happened when a family gave their in-laws a free place to stay in exchange for babysitting, but things changed when they don\u2019t hold up their end of the bargain.<\/a><\/p>\n \n\t\tCategories: STORIES<\/a>\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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