'My kids got nothing for Christmas – some say I'm an awful mum but I had good reason'

A mum has been slammed for refusing to buy her children Christmas presents because they 'disrespected' her throughout the year. Mum Aaryanna shared how her children, aged 15 and 17, woke up to see an empty space under their Christmas tree yesterday morning (December 25). She claims her teenagers didn't deserve presents this year due to their 'unruly' behaviour.

In a TikTok video, she explained why she 'cancelled' Christmas while showing off her living room and Christmas tree, both of which were free of presents. She said: "Merry Christmas to my kids. They get nothing this year.



Acted like fools. Got in trouble at school. Lied to my face so many times.

"Called me names and disrespected me. So I decided not to buy them anything this year." She says her children are not only old enough to buy everything on their Christmas wish lists, but also to behave in an appropriate manner.

However, her "tough love" wasn't appreciated by other social media users, who blasted her for punishing her children in this way. One user said: "I always found it strange when parents want to 'get revenge' on their little children. If they genuinely knew better and their treatment of you was actually bad, then I could understand.

" Another user added: "I come from an abusive house, still at 23 I live with her. My mum didn’t give me my gifts one year because I got an F in math. Not only that she beat me for it.

We live in the same house and I don’t say but two words to her. Math was my worst subject in school due to my dyslexia, but with numbers." A third user said: "I do not feel sorry or relate to all these parents cancelling Christmas over their kids behaviour.

if your kids are such insufferable trouble makers you clearly failed to properly parent them." One more user added: "Our Children owe us nothing! We decided to have them, so maybe try to communicate more with them. "There’s always a reason why they act like this.

" Providing an alternative approach to the issue, another user said: "Get them the gifts, but take them away and make them earn it back. Actually removing Christmas gifts entirely is just bad parenting." However, some users supported her actions, with one saying: "I took Christmas away from our 17 year old this year because he spent the entire year being a brat.

I spent the money on presents for kids at the Children's Home and made him come with me. It's hard but these kids need humbling." Another said: "I agree, there is no rule that anyone gets presents at Christmas, it’s all made up.

.. so if they act like fools, don’t give them anything! It’s a privilege to get gifts, not a necessity.

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