I would definitely expect it. Once, when I was younger, and my friend and I had kids of the same age, about 4, her daughter was picking up and carrying around this quite large Mexican-style pot. It was about 2 feet tall, in really nice, earthy colors. It was one of a matching set. Granted, I got it at a garage sale, but I REALLY liked them and they looked wonderful sitting at either end of the back patio. Well, the kid was trying to lug it around (it was way too heavy!) I told Mom, Mom told her to put it down and not touch it again! I moved it back to the patio corner that it belonged in. We went back in the house. When we came back out there was the pot, broken into pieces.
Mom scolded the child, I was somewhat aghast (especially since the kid blatantly went against her mothers command), but she never apologized, not really, to me. But I didn’t say much in order to preserve our friendship—that’s always more important than any material thing.
About a week later she hands me this small, gosh-awful, ugly puke yellow and green flower pot, says, “This should make up for it!”......I just choked out, “um. thanks.” It DIDN’T make up for it. I really would have preferred a very heart-felt apology (which I never got) and received nothing to “replace” something that really couldn’t be replaced.
Geez. If the replacement gift had any redeeming value I suppose that might have taken the edge of of all the insult, but…it was UGLY.