Uncle Slammed for Sticking Unruly Son with Sister: 'No Home Training'

Internet commenters defended one aunt who attempted to send her teenage nephew back to his father after multiple days of chaos and disrespect.

Posting on Reddit's popular r/AmITheA**hole, Redditor u/Gold-Layer8380 (otherwise referred to as the original poster, or OP" said she tried to accommodate her brother's 14-year-old but was ultimately defeated by a sea of garbage, dirty dishes, furniture stains and deceit.

Titled, "[Am I the a**hole] for telling my brother his son has no home training?" the post has received nearly 8,000 upvotes and 800 comments in the last day.

"I am babysitting my nephew while my brother is out of town," OP began. "I told my brother to come pickup his son earlier than arranged due to his behavior."

Continuing to explain that her nephew refuses to clean up after himself, put trash in the trash can or put his dirty dishes in the sink, the original poster said the 14-year-old also wiped his hands on her white couch before leaving a soaking wet towel on the same sofa.

The original poster also said that, despite her best efforts to keep him away from her personal belongings, her nephew invaded her privacy on multiple occasions, prompting the decision to cut his stay at her house short.

"I told him not to go in my cabinets, closets, or drawers which [have] personal things...and he went in my stuff," OP wrote. "He also attempted to log into my laptop while I was asleep."

"I asked him if he moved and he lied and told me no," OP continued. "I told my brother his son has no home training and acts like he lives in a zoo.

"My brother told me that we had an arrangement so he will not come back early and that maybe I should have kids one day so that I can learn how to be patient and not act like an uptight b**ch," OP concluded.

While relying on relatives for child care has become one of the most hotly debated parenting topics on the internet, there are aunts, uncles, cousins and grandparents who welcome their youngest family members with open arms.

Unfortunately, these types of arrangements don't always pan out.

Despite hundreds of suggestions for fun nephew and niece sleepover activities across parenting websites, it is far more challenging to reign in a teenager dead set on pushing every boundary than to keep an elementary school-aged child entertained.

Recently, Newsweek has reported on multiple Reddit threads detailing children similarly unruly to the original poster's nephew, including one uncle who refused to bring his sister's son on a vacation because of his previous actions and a pair of weddings—which left one bride regretting allowing her nephew into the ceremony and another bride relieved that she banned her "out of control" nephew from attending at all.

In each instance, Redditors sided with uncles and aunts, and called out parents who have turned a blind eye to their child's terrorizing behavior.

In the case of the viral Reddit post, the response was largely the same, with many Redditors taking aim at OP's brother for refusing to hold himself—or his teenage son—accountable for the way they both treated the original poster.

"Your brother's response shows exactly where your nephew learned his behavior," Redditor u/Heavy_Sands5228 wrote in the post's top comment, which has received more than 15,500 upvotes. "[Not the a**hole]."

"Exactly why OP should never offer to do him such a big favor again," Redditor u/NanoPsyBorg chimed in, receiving nearly 5,000 upvotes. "The brother sounds ungrateful [as f**k]. What an [a**hole]."

Redditor u/Wrong_Paper_2836, whose comment has received nearly 4,000 upvotes, offered a similar response.

"Your brother is enabling his kid to be a disrespectful slob and you are absolutely [not the a**hole]," they wrote. "Even if the kid did get away with this at home...he should have been raised better to respect other people['s] homes and privacy."

"Sounds like your brother is not doing a very good job of parenting," Redditor u/joefitts63 added. "You are stuck with the kid until your brother comes back, but you can (and should) refuse if you are ever asked to babysit again."

Separately, Redditor u/sofia1687 took issue with the final insult thrown at the original poster.

"WHOA," they exclaimed, receiving nearly 2,000 upvotes. "You're doing your brother a favor, putting up with his son who clearly has behavioral issues, and he's calling you an uptight b**ch?

"Don't take that from him, OP!" they added.

Newsweek reached out to u/Gold-Layer8380 for comment.