A woman is stunned to learn that her nine-year-old daughter was being bullied by other girls at school for carrying a ‘fake’ Stanley cup instead of the more expensive, authentic cup that has become a viral sensation.
Ohio mom Danya Motycka shared a now-viral TikTok recounting the elementary school drama.
She initially bought her daughter a rainbow leopard print tumbler at Walmart for Christmas for $9.98, which the young girl “thought was cute.”
‘On the second day of school after the Christmas holidays she comes home, she doesn’t cry. She’s just upset,” Dayna continued.
Ohio mom Danya Motycka shared a viral TikTok detailing how her daughter was bullied for having a “fake” Stanley cup that the nine-year-old at first “thought was cute.”
Apparently about nine or ten other girls in her daughter’s class had received “real” Stanley cups as Christmas gifts — and went out of their way to point out that her daughter’s is “fake and not as cool” as Dayna. explained.
The daughter then asked her mother if she could have a “real Stanley” – a request that gave Dayna pause.
“Do I think a nine-year-old needs a Stanley? No,’ thought the mother.
‘Do I have one? Yes, I have one,” she emphasized.
‘I don’t have fifty Stanleys in all different colours. I’m not going to fight other women or moms to get the new Valentine’s Day Stanley,” Dayna said, referring to the escalating hype surrounding the viral item.
The craze surrounding the product has reached a fever pitch lately, a phenomenon encapsulated in recent videos that have captured long lines and even skirmishes at megastores offering certain limited-edition versions of the product.
However, Dayna went on to say that as a mother, “there’s something you can do to keep your child from being made fun of, to fit in, you will.”
So she ended up buying her daughter a $35 “real” Stanley cup from Ace Hardware.
“Can we afford to buy Stanley for her?” Yes. Did I think she needed one? No. Apparently I’ve been proven wrong by the kids at our school who make fun of her for not having a real Stanley,” Dayna added.
‘But this doesn’t start with the children… This starts with the parents. What are we teaching our children?’
Recent viral videos have revealed that limited edition Stanley cups are disappearing from megastore shelves in minutes
The Stanley Cup craze has led to long lines and even skirmishes at megastores that stock the product
Dayna angry: ‘You better believe that when our nine-year-old daughter came home and we somehow found out she was making fun of some other girl at school because she didn’t have a brand name – whether it was a Stanley, Lululemon , Uggs is – I don’t It doesn’t matter what it is, we would call the family.
“We would have her write a note apologizing; we would have her apologize in person because that is not what we do in this household.
‘We are fortunate that we can afford branded items. But again, we’re trying to teach our kids that they don’t necessarily need that.
‘Things are earned. You have to work for things in your life. Not everything is just handed to you.’
Dayna went on to describe being “made fun of” in her own childhood for not having name brand products.
“I remember the first time my mom found me a Limited Too swimsuit at Goodwill. And I felt so good having those designer clothes,” she said.
“I know now, as an adult, that that shouldn’t have meant anything, but it did because it made me feel like I belonged, even though we try to teach our children to be unique and to be themselves. And I’m all for that!’
She concluded, “But we need to teach our children not to make other children feel inferior because they don’t have what they have. That is it. That’s where it starts and it starts with us as parents.’
Commentators flooded in to commiserate with Dayna over the Stanley Cup craze
Through nearly 20,000 comments on Dayna’s post, viewers widely felt sorry for the situation.
“If my child had a Stanley and shamed another child for not having a Stanley, the other child would be the proud new owner of my child’s Stanley,” one person wrote.
“The girls who made fun of others in the 2000s for not having Uggs/Abercrombie are the mothers of the girls who made fun of others for not having Stanleys,” a second suggested.
“My boys have followed my example. So they respond with things like, “Well at least I have something I like instead of what everyone else likes,” a third added — to which Dayna replied, “I love that answer!!! You are an amazing mom!!”
“My school banned Stanleys because the teachers were tired of constantly cleaning up spills,” says a fourth.
‘As a teacher, it’s crazy how many students received Stanleys at Christmas. My first period had 28 girls and 21 had a Stanley Cup the first day back,” a fifth chimed in.
“These Stanley cups and the drunken elephant are taking over our youth,” another complained, also mentioning the viral beauty brand Drunk Elephant.
And one commenter provided a particularly succinct and accurate take on the issue, writing, “IT. IS. A. COP.’