My sister is upset with me for snapping at her son

[FionaHoney]

My 6 year old daughter, and 9 months, is being bullied by her cousin. She has a doll which I bought her, the chad baby ava doll from argos, and she loves it very much and plays with it all the time at home.

Recently my sister's child, a boy, 10 years old, has been playing a very mean joke on her. the joke involves him finding the toy and pupeting it whilst doing a voice called "baby dave" which distresses by daughter very much.

I tried to stop my nephew and "baby dave" politely by suggesting he give her the toy back. but he continued across Multiple visits with this cruel joke. Eventually my daughter and I had enough of "baby dave" and i snapped at him. My sister overheard and has berated me on whatsapp for being to harsh with him and hasn't visited since.

Am I being unreasonable? What can I do to make sure my sister feels welcome, but that "baby dave" doesn't make a return??

Wow! What an unbelievable lack of empathy. No wonder some children struggle to understand the feelings of others when they have parents who set such a poor example.

A doll or cuddly toy is not just an inanimate object to a child. How unkind to suggest telling a 6 year old that her doll is just a piece of plastic.

Stephen Fry was talking about adults being offended by opinions with which they disagree. That's a completely different situation from a young child being upset by an older child's teasing.

Come on a 6 year old doesn't think a doll is real!

You told off your 10 year old nephew OP for being annoying. Nothing wrong with that.

The doll is clearly important to her. The 10 year old knows exactly what he’s doing, especially the fact that his cousin doesn’t like it.

He is the one that needs to be told to stop.

I wouldn't have the bullying little shit in my house. I know how hugely upset and angry I'd have been if some older kid had got hold of my Teddy and teased me about him at that age. He keeps doing it because he knows how much it distresses her.