Or at the very least confronted said kids parents over the bullying and damage to property. 

Yep.. You caught me in an edit.  I added that right after your post.  That would be the more wise thing to do because you would get the money and his parents would punish the bully.

That's fucked if I were you I'd expect a replacement Vita from somebody here. I've never had a family member wreck my stuff as far as I can remember but my roommate has broken a few of my things by using them without my permission. Has also eaten my food. Rage-inducing.

That's not the effect of Minecraft. That's the effect of peer pressure & bullying. Also, I would have done the same as sethnintendo.

Oh and to answer the question I hate younger kids playing video games unsupervised. One of my friends has a younger brother that overdrafted on her credit card through P2W mobile gaming. Another friend's younger brother will throw fits if he isnt allowed to play minecraft. Not the kids fault just poor parenting decisions, the same with letting them play COD and screaming online.

My godson is turning 9 and loves gaming on ipads, 3ds or ps4. He gets addicted to playing minecraft but the parents simply ban him from playing it too much. You need train them from a young age.

But still he loves things like lego too.

Anyway you really should make that little kids parents pay for it to get fixed.

Just do as I'm planning to do and never gift your child anything that his friends have, just gift him things that were once yours, I'll make sure the first thing he does with a concience is to play Paper Mario on the N64.

And, yeah, little bros kinda suck, you got to share lots of things with them. It's fucking annoying.

Minecraft didn't do this. Your brother does not respect your property and that bully is just a bully.

Minecraft is a creative program. Peoples creativeness should be cultivated. Might be that your brother just likes Minecraft because that's what all his friends do, it could also be that Minecraft actually gives him an outlet for excess energy and creativeness he has pent up. This should be cultivated, nourished, and along with that he should be taught the rules on how to act. Maybe, you need to also help doing this while playing Minecraft with him, if nothing else to teach him how to respect you and your things.

Minecraft does have a negative effect on children...

It's sad to know that many children think Obsidian is some really strong material...

Sorry about your, Vita, by the way...

Could happen with any game.

I find Minecraft quite educational for kids, specially if they get interested in more advanced things with redstone.