Agreed. I had something of mine destroyed by a sibling and even if I deserved it or not. It was my pride and joy and when I saw it destroyed I cried. I cried so hard. I still rage about it to this day. These things stay with a person or in this situation the 12 year old.. And, well, that three day punishment won't. He will only remember the getting away with it, so he will keep doing it. Honestly the pulling of the money was good. He destroyed/took away her happiness so take his too. It teaches them boundaries. He is gonna remember it. And he should get a job and pay back the stickers. Don't let him save for camp till it's paid off. If he does that to someone else he can go to jail. Also like one of the comments said, what about his future partner. This is how toxic relationships happen. (Sorry it's so long :| )

Why is Dad only giving 20% of the money? You have an abusive husband and growing sociopath in your house. BE SAFE!

He's more than crazy, he's dangerous. He lit the stickers on FIRE because he was told "no". Kids and teenagers (and even adults) learn by association, which means they see or learn that doing one thing leads to another thing (which could be good or bad). Here's an example of that: "sister likes stickers, I like sister's camera, sister said no camera, I don't get camera so sister doesn't get stickers." His dad's response is teaching him that if he does something bad he wont get in trouble. In the future the example I showed could change and instead of stickers it could be "girlfriend likes her DOG" or even worse "wife likes the BABY" and he could potentially seriously harm or even kill someone or something because of what he learned from his dad and what he associated. OP should make the dad pay for therapy or possibly have the boy sent to juvenile hall for destruction of property or, depending on the state, go to jail.

I think the sticker fund should include selling all his electronics and probably birthday and Christmas money that would have been spent on him. I would also inform parents of the boys that helped.

So true. You should be on alert. This boy can harm your daughter when you are not around. Think DIVORCE and get out before tragedy strikes. Good luck and God bless.

Where does she say he's a new husband? It's easy to pass judgment as we look inward from the outside of this family but there's probably far more to the story and a lot more to the dynamic of the family than we're being made aware of. There's always three versions of a story: your version, their version, and the truth. Some of the overreactions and exaggerations in the comments about what the kid could do next is astounding to me. It's as if people have forgotten what it's like to be a kid and how sibling rivalry works. Was the brother in the wrong? Yes. Should the money be taken from his trip? Yes. Does his reaction automatically make him a criminal or potential r@pist in the future? No. No one knows and it's wrong to assume so. For all we know that's one event and his punishment could resolve the issue. We don't know what his past actions have been so it's wrong for us to make judgment on him based on this one interaction. I'm sure I'll get plenty of hate and downloads for this but it's my opinion.

I always ask who the hell such dad rising? What he expects to get as a result? It is unsafe " family" situation, if not handed properly. Step mom handing it properly, but not father. Also, is it the first and only abuse the not commit? Look closer...

The father is the real pyscopath, wtf.

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It was a sticker book, not a puppy. D-bag move? Definitely. Psychopath stuff? Absolutely not.

That's not just emotional abuse. That's also destruction of property. Hell why label the kind? It's just abuse plain and simple.

This!

More like Criminal Minds makes characters based on real life psychopaths like stepson! lol

Except he already grown up anough... He is 16

Oh, no! Where's Julia saying IT'S SPOILED! 😂

Under each image is a link it's the ops username

Setting things on fire is definitely very alarming. That is an indication of uncontrollable anger, a need to physically destroy personal items as a way to punish someone, and the capacity for great cruelty. Setting fires in retaliation is a worrying overreaction; this kid needs some intensive therapy. I don't have any confidence that dad would follow through with counseling unless he was forced to. She needs to have the kid arrested, and then Family Court can monitor him and enforce counseling.

Sad thing is, instead of removing him from the household they will remove the little sister instead cause of being emotionally abused at home by their sibling they will take her instead plz don't suggest that! I had to deal with CPS with my oldest daughter when she was 14 being suicidal and tried to get a teacher fired at school and posted things on social media. That dragged my younger daughter into that mess and she was just 9. Plz don't encourage calling CPS, don't want the mom to lose her daughter because of a punk a*s 16yr old BULLY

Sell them for stickers...