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The original was posted on /r/AmItheAsshole by /u/Time_Physics_6557 on 2023-10-03 18:13:33.

My company likes to give employees goodies every year and this year I received a new iPad Pro with the Apple pencil and fancy keyboard thing. They already gave me an iPad two years ago that I'm fine with using so I was planning on giving the new one to one of my kids. My daughter (18f) came home this weekend and asked if she could have it for digital art and more efficient note taking. She also wanted it for iMessage and Facetime since she prefers Android/Windows for her other devices. My son (13m) also asked for the iPad and I was torn on who should get it.

I ultimately decided to give it to my son because I bought my daughter a very powerful laptop last year for her studies and my son is using her old one. I figured that the iPad can also double up as a better laptop for my son and he wouldn't need a new laptop until much later if I gave it to him. I told my daughter that I was giving it to him and she was a little bit upset. My wife also agrees that I should've given it to her because it would have been better utilized that way and that my son doesn't need a powerful machine. I feel a little bit bad but I also do not want to take it away from my son now. AITA?