Messy all around, it sounds like. I'm glad it sorted out at the end. And (IMO) it's not entirely bad for children to learn that parents are human too, and can overreact - especially if the parent can and does later apologize and sort it out. But what a miserable situation all around.
That way of handling the gift exchange sounds pretty awful, and designed to create jealousy, yes. :/
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Date: 2008-12-29 04:12 pm (UTC)That way of handling the gift exchange sounds pretty awful, and designed to create jealousy, yes. :/