Ah, I'm so sorry for your stuffed animal Berserker! That was something really mean to do to a child
Meryl yes, your mother's intentions were innocent, but your sister is not very lucky when it comes to these things, or so it seems!
I have a similar memory of broken toys, too. Not directly involving my parents though. I was 5 and it was my birthday and I was very happy because I received for presents some toys I've been requesting for ages. Since adults in these cases are always morons, and my parents were no exception, they invited all their friends with their children to a little party to celebrate. The children invited to my birthday party were all older than me. They were not my friends, but as I said they were there only because they were the children of my parents' friends. They started playing with my NEW toys, the ones I got for my birthday, not letting me play with them and pushing me away saying I was too young and young girls are annoying. Since those were not their own toys, they didn't give a damn and they broke them all. As you can guess, I did not enjoy the day: I didn't like these kids and I saw them breaking my new toys before my eyes without being able to say anything. Adults only wanted to be left alone and couldn't care less. After everybody left I went to complain to my parents because all my presents were now just trash, but while I was waiting for some sympathetic word and a promise to be avenged somehow, I got scolded for complaining.