Everything adults do around a child, how they communicate, act, and express themselves, affects them. A child’s confidence and self-esteem are primarily strengthened through the support of their loved ones. However, it works the other way around as well. Putting a child down, embarrassing them, or being careless around them can destroy their confidence. A mom who goes by u/Your_Lydia on Reddit shared a truly strange incident on the r/AmItheAsshole subreddit. While visiting, her mother-in-law brought “embarrassing” gifts for her children, two girls aged 13 and 14.

Apparently, their grandmother was trying to “toughen them up” with the gifts, but they were so inappropriate that OP felt she had no choice but to react strongly.

AITA for telling my MIL to leave my home? by inAmItheAsshole

Here’s what actually happened

According to the OP, the girls’ grandmother hadn’t seen them in a long time and wanted to bring them some gifts. Mom agreed, but she had no idea what said gifts would be. It’s safe to say she was assuming grandma would bring something nice and benign like books or clothes, but that’s not what happened.

“What she brought them was absolutely terrible, humiliating, even,” the mom remarked. “She asked........

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