Parents Make Daughter Pay The Vet Bills After Her Neglect Almost Killed Their Dog

“Janie’s very upset about it because she has to quit swim team to get a job and says that we’re ruining her life over a mistake.”

Ayoub

• Published in Interesting
• September 26, 2022

Adopting a pet comes with a lot of responsibilities and duties. Failing to maintain them can lead to terrible consequences everyone would rather avoid. 

Some pets can have specific conditions that require intricate care. Sometimes disregarding or ignoring one little detail can end up causing a world of trouble. 

Some parents often require their kids to look after their pets to teach them how to be responsible. It mostly goes well as long as the kids have some discipline, but sometimes if the parents are not micromanaging them, they end up unknowingly putting their pet's life at risk.

It's a crucial learning opportunity as long as it doesn't lead to any terrible consequences. Thankfully, it's mostly fixable and a valuable lesson for all the people involved.

A Redditor who goes by the username u/aitavetcost made a post on the r/AmItheA**hole subReddit where they explained how they made their daughter pay their vet bills after her neglect almost killed their dog. However, the Redditor was unsure whether they made the right decision since their daughter had to give up one of her hobbies to pay the vet bills. 

u/aitavetcost got a lot of interesting replies to their post. Scroll down to check out the full Reddit post, and scroll a little further to read comments from the original post.

Here's the original post by u/aitavetcost:

It was Janie's responsibility to let Pebble inside.

Pebble ended up getting a heat stroke because of Janie's neglect.

Thankfully, Pebble made a full recovery.

OP was unsure whether they made the right decision so they decided to ask the r/AmItheA**hole community:

Here's how the Reddit community reacted to u/aitavetcost's post:

It was a serious mistake that almost cost a life.

She learned from her mistake and understood the gravity of it.

In 3 years she will be considered an adult.

Janie already feels guilty about her actions.

All of these activities are potential scholarship material.

At 15, job options are pretty limited.

Janie needs to understand how vital her duty is.

OP needs to make some compromises.

Janie could get kicked out of other teams.

Let's hope they don't ask that question.

This could be a better solution to this problem.

Her consequence would relate to the behavior.

She should help pay the bill.

Most adults would consider that a huge debt.

The user had some follow up questions for OP to get a clearer picture.

A portion of the price would be more manageable.

Teenagers are still developing.

Accidents can have serious consequences too.

A life was put at risk here.

Fifteen-year-olds don't have a fully developed frontal cortex.

“The point is to teach her accountability, not to be punitive.”

This is a problem for Americans to solve.

Janie has a choice to make now.

It depends on how you frame it.

She could pay it over a long period of time.

It's obvious that Janie was deeply marked by this incident and has learned that neglect can lead to the loss of life. The parents should try to find a compromise and think of other options they could implement as a suitable punishment. If you liked this, make sure to check out similar content on our platform.

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