# What's the greatest amount of damage (measured monetarily) your kid ever did to your stuff?

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**Created:** [December 15, 2014, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-greatest-amount-of-damage-measured-monetarily-your-kid-ever-did-to-your-stuff/707283 "2014-12-15T14:16:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2014, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-greatest-amount-of-damage-measured-monetarily-your-kid-ever-did-to-your-stuff/707283/41 "2014-12-18T18:00:00Z")

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I can’t think of anything she damaged. She did leave crayons that melted on our new car’s back seat, but that was something we lived with.

Our cat scratched up our clothes hamper, but we let him, since it was better than the couch.

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**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2014, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-greatest-amount-of-damage-measured-monetarily-your-kid-ever-did-to-your-stuff/707283/42 "2014-12-18T18:44:27Z")

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My kids have been really good, or maybe we’re just lucky. Of course, they are still small so we still have a log way to go.

On the other hand, the direct damage from my parents runs well over $40,000 in therapy alone.

The damage I’ve done to myself as a consequence of the emotional and mental illness including the divorce which was partially due to unresolved issues (and marrying someone like that in the first place); losing jobs; stupid things done when self-medicating and such is close to seven figures.

Pretty much anything the kids do will be pocket change.

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**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2014, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-greatest-amount-of-damage-measured-monetarily-your-kid-ever-did-to-your-stuff/707283/43 "2014-12-19T03:56:01Z")

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> [@kaylasdad99](#):
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> My daughter was doing an Insanity Workout session in front of the 55" 3D SmartTV I had won nine months prior when her phone notified her of an incoming text. Not wanting to be distracted, she picked up the phone to silence it. What she DIDN’T do was stop moving her arms.

To be fair, it was the Insanity Workout!

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