This Mom Got Major Online Applause For How She Handled Her Ungrateful Daughter Throwing A Pencil Case She Bought In The Trash
Cantonment, Florida. Haley Hassell is a single mom living in Cantonment, Florida. Haley works really hard to give her daughter Presleigh everything that she has.
So when she went to three different stores to find a specific L.O.L. Surprise! Pencil Box, she expected that Presleigh would be excited and grateful…but that is not how she acted.
The way Haley handled this whole surprising situation earned her some major online applause, and here’s what went down.
Facebook; Haley and Presleigh smile together in the photo above
Haley started out by explaining that she had to teach Presleigh a “tough-love lesson” after she went to 3 stores to try to get her a very specific pencil case.
Haley did end up finding it, and when she showed Presleigh the surprise, Presleigh did not act the way Haley expected her to.
Instead of being thrilled to have the pencil case, Presleigh actually tossed it into a garbage can before heading to her bedroom and slamming the door closed.
Presleigh informed Haley that she thought the pencil case was dumb because all the kids in her classroom at school already had one.
Haley couldn’t believe what she was hearing her daughter say.
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Facebook; pictured above is the pencil case Presleigh threw into the trash
“OK so by this time there was probably smoke coming out of my ears and I’m trying real hard not to completely lose it on this kid that I have worked so hard to completely take care of financially on my own & make sure she always gets what she needs and then some,” Haley shared on Facebook in a post.
“BUT I thought I had always taught her to be grateful & know how lucky she was but apparently sis needed a small wake-up call!!”
“SO before completely going Madea mad on my child I check myself and say, “okay that’s fine, let me go get the one you’re going to use”…came back with her new pencil box, which is the Ziploc bag.”
Facebook; pictured above is the Ziplock bag Haley gave to Presleigh after her small meltdown
“She lost her mind! Suddenly the LOL Box she just trashed was good enough and the Ziploc bag was horrible…but it’s too late for all that.”
She then told Presleigh to dig the pencil case she bought her out of the garbage so they could gift it to a child in need.
Facebook; Presleigh is at first upset with how Haley handled it
Haley then told Presleigh that since she was “taking for granted how lucky she is” the Ziploc bag would be what she had to use now.
Haley acknowledged that perhaps she does go too far sometimes, but it only comes from a place of love and her wanting to help her daughter be grateful.
You can see Haley’s original post here.
What do you think about how Haley handled everything with Presleigh? Is it a good lesson in gratitude?
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