Mum's heartbreaking warning as daughter is bullied for 'using fake Stanley cup'
A furious mum has issued a warning to parents after her little girl was bullied for using a "fake Stanley cup".
Having the best water bottle in town has become one of the biggest trends lately; everyone has gone wild for the 40 ounce Stanley cup known as the 'quencher' - costing a whopping £44.99. The giant flask was the top of children's Christmas lists and can be seen carried into schools by both parents, pupils, and teachers.
But one mum, Dayna Motycha, spoke to her daughter about how expensive the viral cups are and got her a "cute" alternative Walmart cup - for $9.98 - to take into school. But, after the Christmas break when the nine-year-old returned to school, she saw around 10 girls in her year group with Stanely cups and felt left out.
"She wasn't crying but was clearly upset," when she returned home from school, Dayna said. "All the other girls in her grade got Stanley cups and they made sure to let her know that hers is fake and it is not as cool. She comes home and asks if she can have a Stanley. Do I think a nine-year-old needs a Stanley? No. Do I have one? Yes.
"All the other girls in her grade got Stanley cups and they made sure to let her know that hers is fake and it is not as cool. She comes home and asks if she can have a Stanley. Do I think a nine-year-old needs a Stanley? No. Do I have one? Yes. I don't have 50 Stanleys in all different colours. I'm not going to Target and fighting other women or mums to try and get the new Valentine's Day Stanley."
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The huge cup holds 40 oz (Ebay)Motycka continued: "If you're a mum, if you're a parent, and you can do something to keep your child from getting made fun of, to help fit in, you're going to do it. So we went and bought her a 30 ounce Stanley in our area at our local Ace Hardware. These are $35."
The frustrated mum says she wants parents to have a word with their children about the privilege of having branded items and not to judge others for not having the expensive cup. She added: "This does not start with the kids, it starts with us. This starts with parents, with mums - what we are teaching our kids?
"You better believe that if our nine-year-old daughter came home and somehow we found out that she made fun of another girl at school for not having something name brand - whether it's a Stanley, Lululemon or Uggs, I don't care what it is – we would be calling the family. We would be making her write a note to apologise. We would make her apologise in person."
Motycka finally added: "We have got to teach our kids to not make other kids feel inferior for not having the things that they have. That's it."
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