DSDs have form for breaking things such as DSs, tablets etc. They do not look after anything which really really annoys me.
I think the reason for this is their mum has a similar attitude to "things" (for instance when her an OH split money was very tight but she replaced ALL her furniture as it was "marital").
Dec we got both the girls a phone contract (Tesco fairly cheap) as 12 yr old DSD1 has a phone which never had credit and OH wants to be able to contact them.
He got insurance and warned them he will not be replacing them if they are lost or broken.
DSD1 also got a laptop for xmas from her mum.
By end Jan her phone has been trashed (dropped and smashed and put through the washing machine) and turns out the insurance isn't really worth it with a £60 excess. She has been without a phone since then. Last weekend she came and her laptop is also be thrown and broken.
I agreed we should (eventually) replace the phone with a cheap one as paying for a contract which isn't being used - but in my head this is the last one we are EVER buying her.
This morning OH has gone off to pick up a £60 phone off Gumtree and is wiping one of my kids old unused laptops for her.
IMO £60 is not a bloody cheap phone (that a bday pressie IMO) and why are we also replacing the laptop (admittedly it isn't costing us anything).
Money is tight ATM there has been no consequences for breaking the phone within two months and I am actually quite pissed off right now 