"We raised our daughter to be humble, hard working, and kind, but the onslaught of her richer and more entitled peers has turned her into someone nasty. Their parents spoil them and replace anything their kids break in a heartbeat. Our daughter called us "abusive" for giving her an older phone in the wrong color and for expecting her to help around the house like her brothers do."
"Then we found money and medicine were going missing while we were out of the house. We secretly installed cameras and found that it was our daughter and her friends breaking in when we were away. We changed the locks and told our daughter that she wasn't welcomed back home unless we were here. She could call and we would let her in."
Parents moved to place their three children in a better school district and converted an upstairs rec room into their daughter's bedroom in a two-bedroom house. The daughter adopted entitled behavior from wealthier peers, clashed with parents over an older phone and household chores, and moved in with a boyfriend claiming a TikTok career. Money and medicine went missing; parents installed cameras and caught the daughter and friends breaking in. Parents changed the locks and allowed her access only when they were present. The daughter accused them of spying, insulted their blue-collar jobs, and has been estranged for nearly two years while the older son requests the unused rec room.
Read at Slate Magazine
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