I do not give in to buying EVERY toy my kids wanted but to ban them from playing with their toys because it will stunt their growth, that is too extreme. They need their toys to supplement their imagination and learn. I let my son bring his favorite hotwheel car to school. Compared to my daughter he is an introvert and his car (his equivalent to a favorite stuffy) makes him feel comforted and is an ice breaker with his classmates as he is in Kindergarten. Besides kids are also individuals with totally different interests from their parents. I guide my kids and I do not want to break them by rigid standards. Just because they stop whining and complaining does not mean they are not nursing a heartache. I agree that their silence may mean they cannot trust their mom and her reaction/ retribution if they voice out their complaints.

@Aunt Messy *Gasp* I took a look at the picture and it looks like a functional, cold room in a hospital facility. Mom needs to have herself assessed by a psychiatrist. It might be OCD she is venting out on her kids.

My dad used to love misleading me and my brother by giving us a made up answer when we asked him about something. He found it hilarious when we later repeated that answer when someone asked us about it. I don't thing he really *meant* it in a nasty way, but the end result is that we will never trust anything he tells us unless we can double check it even now. It also made us generally distrustful of people.

Not even suitable to be called "parenting". Disgusting.

I just saw one of those hoarding shows and when the hoarder was asked if she knew why she did this she said it was because her father was in the military so her stuff was all she really had because they moved so much. Then her dad got annoyed with all of her stuff and burned all of it...all I can think is best case scenario, these kids become hoarders as adults. This is just awful, those poor kids.

I was about to write the same thing: they will hate her and they will abandon her.

I'm hoping they never give her grandkids because she'll just abuse them like she did her own kids.

Oh my god, those things are exactly what my Mom did to me too. She threw away all my favourite toys because "they were laying on the floor of my room" when I was in school at about the same age and used to cut my hair really short. I tried growing my hair out as a preteen and she cut it off against my will when I was about 12.

My mother let her boyfriend take my toys away. 42 now still not forgotten. It's theft, stealing. I also have chosen to remain childless due to childhood abuse. I understand wear your coming from.