This is so heartwarming that the boy is being taught “entitlement” mentality at this age. A bonus is the no bad consequences for bad choices. We have ourselves a Democrat in the making.
LOL. I thought the same thing. This story is actually a horrible story. The kid took his toy to the store and lost it. Now he wants another one for free. He’s a cute, blond-haired, blue-eyed kid and so everyone says, “isn’t he cute, let’s give him another toy.” It teaches him that there are no consequences to his carelessness. In the long run, he would have been better off doing extra chores to earn money for a new toy.
You don't know what the hell you are talking about.
My first thought was that his father should have encouraged the boy to offer to pay for a replacement since he lost it instead of flat out asking for a free one. It may seem like it is splitting hairs but it is in these small lessons we learn a bigger principle.
The boy *requested* a replacement, he didn’t *demand* one.
I don’t know about that. He did not “demand” his piece. And he did not say “Lego owes it to me”, like the voters in the last election did.
We're talking about a little boy here that saved his Christmas money for these toys. I see LEGO's response as capitalism with a heart and eyes for the future. I hope never to become as jaded as what you've written here.
The kid learned at least two things most kids are not learning in this day and age:
1. How to write a sincere, polite, coherent letter.
2. How to admit a mistake and take responsibility for it.
Those actions were rewarded. Jumping up and down and demanding a new one would not have been. Looks to me like that teaches a lesson.