My MIL Gave My Daughter a Gift for Her 8th Birthday, Then Snatched It Back Seconds Later – I Was Ready to Go Off When My Husband Suddenly Spoke Up

Will didn’t flinch. He stepped between Abby and Sharon, physically shielding our daughter.

Then he reached out and took the Switch from his mother’s arms.

Sharon tried to hold on.

Will was firm and gentle, but absolutely certain.

He turned and placed the box back into Abby’s trembling hands.

Abby clutched it like she were afraid it might disappear again.

Will didn’t even look at the box. He looked at his mother.

“Mom,” he said evenly, “you just snatched a birthday gift from an eight-year-old. On her birthday.

In front of her friends. That’s not teaching. That’s cruelty.”

Sharon threw her hands up, her voice going shrill.

“Oh, don’t be so dramatic! This is parenting! This is discipline!

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