Also, I agree with previous poster, if she's breaking his shit HE NEEDS TO PUT HIS SHIT AWAY.

I don't have kids but my sister's husband is often gone for extended periods due to work and my nieces and nephews were over at our house very often, and I think he's fucking ridiculous. She's one, she doesn't know what breaking shit even means yet. You toddler-proof your home because they're basically more-or-less mobile tornadoes in human form.

Like I said, I don't have kids of my own, but I've babysat my niblings for extended periods quite often, and I've also fostered a ton of puppies. Puppies are easier to care for, of course, since you can't really just lock a kid in a kennel and leave for a couple of hours, but puppies are also incredibly destructive. And I know from experience that even if you're very careful, there's a good chance you'll fuck up and leave a designer leather shoe or something where your puppy will eat it. Just like, even if you're careful, you might leave your tablet or something out where your kid will smash it.

And so what? That's what happens when you invite an active being with a total lack of understanding of appropriate behavior into your household. You brought this own yourself by not taking care of your belongings. And I say this as someone who is very careless and has had multiple expensive items destroyed by toddlers and/or puppies. I'm not saying I didn't get mad at the toddler and/or puppy for a moment, because I have quite a temper and I definitely did, but I'm also a grown-ass adult and so am able to control that immediate reaction and realize it was my own damn fault for leaving my valuable thing where toddlers and/or puppies can get to it.