Spiteful uncle refuses to make 6-year-old nephew pancakes after he tantrums about not liking chocolate chips, causing fight with the father: “I’m not going to give into a 6-year-old”

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Briana Viser • Writer and Editor
Apr 25, 2025 12:00 PM EDT

Ladies and gentlemen, if there's one thing that never fails to give us endless entertainment, it's family drama. We get so caught up and engrossed in the "he said, she said" of life. We love to witness the collapse of a marriage, the shock of infidelity, or the defiance of a child to their parents. We're amused by so much of the petty day-to-day interactions because most of us have mundane lives, and like to live vicariously through the drama of others. Why do you think reality shows are so popular? There's always something to gasp at, and talk about the ridiculousness of it all. 

Children can be so defiant. It's not their fault, they don't know any better, and their frontal cortex is underdeveloped. They think the world revolves around them, and in a way it does. They can't fend for themselves, so in that sense everyone does surround them and take care of them. 

In the story below, the protagonist is a man who made pancakes for his nieces and nephews. They all agreed on chocolate chip pancakes, but then the confusion comes along. The youngest tantrums that he didn't actually want chocolate chip pancakes, but the uncle refuses to remake a plain batch. 

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    AITAH for refusing to make my nephew new pancakes?

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    Edit 2: the tantrum only started after all the pancakes were made and we gave my nephew a plate. I would have left some plain if he asked for them. And yes, they were very time consuming cuz they were special gluten free Passover pancakes and I didn't have my usual cooking utensils.
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  • Like many of the comments are saying, why could the father just make something for his son? Why did it have to be the uncle specifically, right after he just slaved away cooking a bunch of pancakes for his nieces and nephews? The 6-year-old isn't at fault, but the uncle is being a little stubborn. 

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    Edit 2: the tantrum only started after all the pancakes were made and we gave my nephew a plate. I would have left some plain if he asked for them. And yes, they were very time consuming cuz they were special gluten free Passover pancakes and I didn't have my usual cooking utensils.
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    The other day I was with my nieces and nephews and offered to make them special pancakes for breakfast. I got up early and made sure to ask the kids if they wanted plain, blueberry or chocolate chip. They all agreed on chocolate chip.
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    The pancakes were homemade and very time-consuming. The kids were about to go on a long outing so they needed a good breakfast. I start serving the pancakes and the 6 year old freaks out that they don't like chocolate chip pancakes and starts having a whole tantrum. They claim they
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    thought I was referring to making cookies and not pancakes. The father asked if I can make a new batch of plain pancakes and I said no, it takes 20 minutes and this is what we have for today. Plus, I'm not going to give in to a six year old. The tantrum lasted over an
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    hour the father kept trying to soothe the child, but they were inconsolable. They finally convinced him to eat cereal. The father then blamed me for the one hour delay, saying I could've made a new batch of pancakes in the meantime. To me that feels like
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    enabling and I'm not going to give into a six-year-old's irrational tantrum. I offered to make pancakes another day, but I was not making a new batch for one child. They didn't even try the pancakes. Mind you, the younger sibling happily ate something else.
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    Edit: to those saying the pancakes shouldn't have taken 20 minutes. These were kosher for Passover so the batter was very different than usual pancakes. They didn't come from a box. I didn't have a non stick pan or a spatula so they were difficult to make. The meltdown
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    only happened after the pancakes were all cooked. I wouldn't have added chocolate chips to the pan if they asked for plain. The kids all love chocolate and during the year they get chocolate chip pancakes all the time. I offered to make them plain pancakes the next morning, which I did. I even found
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    a better recipe. The father's response: it doesn't matter cuz he wanted them then, he didn't want them the next day.
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    Mintyfresh2024 • 17h ago Why couldn't the father make something? Nta
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    Hi_lau • 17h ago NTA why didn't dad make s new batch of plain ones? I mean the hour tantrum would have been enough time to make one.
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    Outrageous-Victo... • 17h ago NTA, in my opinion, but I'm sure I'll be red arrowed into oblivion. Just because dad doesn't have a backbone doesn't mean you can't have one.
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    Tracie-loves-Paris • 16h ago NTA. You gave the child what they asked for.
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    WhiteKnightPrimal •16h ago NTA. First, you weren't the only adult capable of making something for breakfast present at the time, dad could easily have made some new pancakes or something
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    else for HIS kids. Second, you clearly asked if they wanted pancakes and gave them three options to choose from. No way does a 6 year old mistake 'pancakes' for 'cookies'. The kids chose chocolate chip, not you. It's
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    possible they didn't think they'd like blueberry, they may not know that flavour, and didn't want plain so chose the only other option, but it was still their choice. Dad should know what his kids do and don't like, so if they really don't like
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    chocolate chip pancakes, he should have said something before you started making them.
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