Buzzkill Older Brother Doesn't Let 10-Year-Old Sister Believe That She Can Speak To Family's Pet Parrot, Animal Lovers of Reddit Put Him In His Place

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    Font - r/AmItheAsshole Posted by u/Dependent-Ad8132 18 hours ago AITA for not letting my sister believe that she can talk to a bird?
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    Font - My (16, M) family has a pet parrot. They are all pretty much obsessed with him and my younger and older sisters both keep buying him toys, new food, making him new fruit and vegetable mixes to try out etc. My parents also pay a lot of attention to him and even set up the extra room we have for his cage so he can sleep better at night. He has been with us for a few months now and my family's obsession still hasn't died down.
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    Font - I've been mostly indifferent since I'm not the biggest fan of animals and my parents keep him away from my room. Luckily for me it seems like he doesn't like me anyways so it's even easier to avoid him flying to my shoulder or anything like that.
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    Font - The problem though is that today my sister Emma (10,F) was talking quietly to that bird. She was holding him and saying things like "You know I love you right?" and kissing him on the head while the parrot would just mimic the sound. It went on for a while and she repeated that enough that it seemed like she was looking for a response so I told her "You know he doesn't understand you right".
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    Font - After I said that she just looked at me and made a sour face and ignored me. I didn't want her to actually believe this bird can understand what she is saying since she watches a lot of Disney movies so I feel like they could have given her the wrong idea. I gently explained to her that it's just a bird and that he doesn't understand things like we do. She told me to stop bothering her and ended up leaving the room and told my mom about it.
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    Font - My mom told me she believed it was harmless for my sister to talk to her pet and that the bird "reciprocated her feelings". So I told her that this will harm my sister's way of thinking and get her bullied at school. She told me to drop it and not get involved anymore. AITA? I think my sister is old enough to understand what I'm saying and my mom is just too nice.
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    Font - Remarkable_Inchworm 17 hr. ago 2 & 16 More Asshole Enthusiast [6] I asked my dog. She says YTA. ↑ 36.5k Reply Share
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    Font - Western_Compote_4461 17 hr. ago My kitten agrees. The older cats declined to comment at this time. Reply Give Award Share Report Save Follow 11.5k
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    Font - ThinkCow83 Partassipant [3] 17 hr. ago My cats both agree that OP YTA..... Although they'd quite like to meet your sister?! 4.8k Reply Give Award Share Report Save Follow
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    Font - Western_Compote_4461 To be fair, the older cats were sleeping and couldn't be bothered. They now also agree that OP YTA. Reply Give Award Share Report Save Follow 2.6k 16 hr. ago .
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    Human body - neoprenewedgie 16 hr. ago edited 10 hr. ago Partassipant [4] Even my pet rock says YTA.

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