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Dad Makes His 6-Year-Old Pay Rent and Utilities–Is This Strict or Savvy?
The kid's parents say it is a game, but it's not a joke. Raising responsible kids is pretty much an objective win in most parents' books. But if you ask how you should go about teaching responsibility, that's where things get a little more subjective. Specifically, teaching things like earning money and budgeting early in childhood can be seen as either smart or overbearing, depending on who you ask. And since all kids and families are different, how do we really know when responsibility should be a discussion? One dad who shared his money-teaching method on TikTok is getting a lot of attention. Never Too Early To Pay Your Dues? "Come with me as I collect rent from my 6-year-old daughter on the first of the month," states @micael_talksmoney in a recent TikTok. The Texas dad, who appears to be a financial literacy expert, reenacts what he says is a monthly practice between him and his daughter, Rose. In the video, we see dad knocking on Rose's bedroom door, requesting $3 for rent and $1 for utilities. The on-screen text reads, "Yes, my 6-year-old pays earns her paycheck." Rose happily hands over the payment and says, "See you next month." Dad goes on to explain that they are indeed serious about charging their daughter rent and utilities, and shows how the amount is organized in a "budget binder". He also demonstrates how Rose earns a certain amount by completing daily and weekly chores. According to "Rose's Chore Chart", every task earns points, and she needs to hit 25 total points to earn a $5 allowance. $5 then equates to 30 bonus points that she can use to get ice cream or an activity book. "It's not just about paying rent. It's about earning and learning," says dad. "This week, she hit 26 [points], so we pay her what she earned. She's learning about money now so she's financially savvy later." Amused Commenters Deposit Their Own Opinions In the TikTok caption, OP adds more about how the family makes the chores and earning a fun game, rather than a strict requirement for Rose. He writes that Rose loves it and is motivated to do tasks, knowing that there's a reward attached. What do they hope she learns from this practice? First, that money is earned, not given. Then soon, they'll teach her how to budget, save, and buy things she can afford. "Because learning to work with money at 6 means she won't struggle with it at 26, 💸" OP writes. The comments, which have reached over 4,800 to this point, are full of takes and quips about the "landlord" approach to parenting. Many applaud the education strategy, while others feel like it's doing a bit much. "wait i wish my parents did something like this 😭😭😭 financial literacy and comprehension is so important," writes one commenter. "It's actually smart. She learns young. Knows the value of a $. Good smart parenting," agrees another. Some decided to go the levity route with comments like, "If rent is that cheap at your house, do you have a spare room please? I need to learn about money too 😂😂😂," one person writes. Others think dad needs to chill: "I understand the paying the kids for doing chores. My Dad did that with me but paying bills is just annoying. Let her enjoy being a kid. She has the rest of her life to pay bills." A number of folks see it as an opportunity to not only teach, but do something cool with the investment on the back-end. For instance, one person offers, "it would be really neat if you guys did this until she graduates and then gift her the 'rent' money she had been paying as a graduation gift!" Another person who's on the same wavelength shared, "Funny story.... friends did this with their teen. And once the teen grew up, got engaged.... they gave him every dime back so he could put his deposit down on his first home purchase." In the End, Consistency Means More Than Currency I think this is a fun and effective way to introduce principles of earning and budgeting to young kids. Sure, any parent can tweak things according to their own situation–and that's the benefit of home court advantage, so to speak. Once kids enter the real world, there is no leeway or "bonus points" for paying rent on time. Is this teaching method a good fit for everyone at age 6? Probably not. But what's really important is implementing lessons that can be understood and impactful on their level, and investing in them long-term. Instead of being so focused on the perfect time to teach something and the perfect way to teach it, let's focus more on the consistency. No matter when you start the lesson or how long it takes, continue it until your kid can swim confidently on their own. Read the original article on Parents Solve the daily Crossword
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Does More Freedom Equal Less Screen Time? Experts Think So
In a screen time battle, there are no winners. Either you give in and let your kids have way too much screen time, leading to increased mental health problems and other issues, or you strictly control their screens so much that they end up feeling ignored, misunderstood, and babied. It's a lose-lose situation. My oldest child is only 7, and it's already a struggle for my family. But what are we supposed to do? A new study asked experts how to actually lower screen time in kids, and the answer is something that feels completely counter-intuitive: give your kids more freedom. The Anxious Generation author Jonathan Haidt, along with Lenore Skenazy and Zach Rausch, recently partnered with Harris Poll to survey 500 U.S. kids ages 8 to 12 about their phone habits and wrote about the results in The Atlantic. They found that the majority of kids already owned smartphones, with about half of 10-to-12-year-olds reporting that 'most' or 'all' of their friends use social media, despite the minimum age being 13. (Haidt advocates that kids don't have phones until high school and social media until they are 16.) More from SheKnows Gen Z Is Bragging About 'Getting Cracked' on TikTok - & It May Not Mean What You Think Additionally, about 75 percent of kids ages 9 to 12 play the online game Roblox, where they can interact with friends and internet strangers. However, most of the children said they aren't allowed to be in public at all without an adult. Fewer than half of the 8- and 9-year-olds have gone down a grocery-store aisle alone and more than a quarter aren't allowed to play unsupervised in their front yard. When asked how they would prefer spending time with friends, the majority said unstructured play in real life. 'Children want to meet up in person, no screens or supervision,' the authors wrote. 'But because so many parents restrict their ability to socialize in the real world on their own, kids resort to the one thing that allows them to hang out with no adults hovering: their phones.' In fact, nearly three-quarters of kids in the study said they would spend less time online if there were more friends in their neighborhood to play with in person. Kids Want More Freedom Too Members of our SheKnows Teen Council shared how they enjoy stepping away from their phones for hands-on 'adventuring,' such as building a tiki hut, shooting hoops, and connecting with their friends. 'You're going out with your friends, you're finding activities to do, you're exploring, you're building something — it can really be anything,' 16-year-old Clive told us. And as a result? 'You feel double satisfaction. You had fun, and you're proud of yourself for not scrolling on your phone all day.' 'If there's a way that a kid can walk a few blocks to a store and buy something, at age 8, they should be doing that,' Haidt previously told SheKnows. 'And the kids who go out and do something, they come back and they're jumping up and down. They are so excited. It has a huge impact on the kids, but the really important thing is that it has an impact on the parents, because we don't know what the right age is to let them out. We're afraid.' Over-policing of Parents Short of getting in a time-machine and raising kids in the '80s, it's hard to let your kids roam the neighborhood when no other kids are doing it — or parents are watching out the windows and calling the police if they see unsupervised kids out and about. Take this tragedy from a family in North Carolina. Jessica and Sameule Jenkins let their 7-year-old son Legend and 10-year-old son Brandon walk to the neighborhood Food Lion supermarket and Subway sandwich shop, which was less than 10 minutes away from their apartment. In an interview with The New York Times, the parents revealed they were hesitant. 'I really thought against it,' said Mr. Jenkins. He added that he and his wife are 'very protective of our kids.' But they compromised: the boys could walk their if they stayed on the phone with their parents the whole time. 'They made it there safe,' Mrs. Jenkins said. But on the way back, Legend stepped off a grass median and was tragically hit and killed by an SUV driver. Although the driver faced no charges for the incident, the parents were charged with involuntary manslaughter with bail set at $1.5 million each. 'As many parents now control their children's every move, transgressions by parents who take a freer approach — one that used to be normal — can result in criminal charges,' stated the outlet. 'Just because parents don't have their eyes on their kids every single second doesn't mean they are bad parents,' Lenore Skenazy, who chronicles such cases as president of Let Grow, which advocates for more childhood freedom, along with Jonathan Haidt, told the outlet. 'We're blaming these parents, but they've done everything as good as they can for 10 years, and then something terrible happens.' When parents do let kids have more freedom, everyone benefits. How Parents Can Help Screen Addiction A March 2025 Common Sense Media report found that by the time kids are 2 years old, 40 percent have their own tablet. By age 8, nearly 1 in 4 kids have their own cell phone. Overall, 51 percent of children age 8 and younger have some sort of mobile device. And kids ages 5-8 spend about three and a half hours daily on screens. Other studies have shown that kids are addicted to their screens, which interferes with schoolwork, relationships, and life because they only want to be on their devices. Psychologist and author Dr. Becky Kennedy (known as 'Dr. Becky') previously talked to SheKnows about kids and screen time. She reminded us that we have to think about both short- and long-term needs for our kids. 'Sometimes short-term needs are, 'I need my kid to be fully occupied for an amount of time, so I can fill-in-the-blank: decompress, cook, answer emails, work out, have time to myself,' whatever it is. I totally understand this!' she told us. Long term needs might be: ''I want my kid to be able to access their own creativity and turn that creativity into action. I want my kid to learn to be bored, and to wait, and to know that that's part of human existence. I want my kid to learn that hard work and effort is what leads to good feelings, as opposed to only mindlessness and low effort leading to good, exciting feelings.'' '[I]t's not a way of saying long term needs should always trump short term needs,' Dr. Becky clarified. 'It's a way of saying we just need to think about them both.' No one is saying kids can never watch cartoons or play iPad games on a long car trip. But what experts are suggesting is that we also think about how we want to raise our kids to prepare them for the future. Teaching them how to explore and entertain themselves when they're bored. Help them gain skills to be independent and work hard at what they want. And it starts with loosening the leash and giving them a little more freedom. It's like what Clive previously told us. 'I don't know if being on my phone makes me unhappy,' the teen shared. 'But I'm 100 percent sure that when I'm really happy — like during the summer when I have things to do and I'm in my best place — I don't want to be on my phone.' 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Jussie Smollett Returning to Fox in Special Forces: World's Toughest Test — Full Season 4 Cast Revealed
Six years after he was fired from Fox's Empire for being charged with making a false police report and fabricating a homophobic attack, Jussie Smollett is returning to the network as a contestant on Special Forces: World's Toughest Test, TVLine has learned. More from TVLine Murder in a Small Town Season 2 Trailer Reveals First Look at Marcia Gay Harden's Arrival (Exclusive) Fox One Streaming Service Will Cost $19.99/Month - Will You Subscribe? Casting News: Buffy Reboot Adds Love Interest, Book of Mormon Reunion and More And Smollett isn't the only new Special Forces cast member who's used to having their name in headlines, for better or worse. Other Season 4 additions include Kody Brown (Sister Wives), Brittany Cartwright (The Valley), Jessie James and Eric Decker (Eric & Jessie: Game On), Gia Giudice (Next Gen NYC), Teresa Giudice (The Real Housewives of New Jersey), supermodel Chanel Iman, Eva Marcille (All the Queen's Men) and Ravi V. Patel (Animal Control). There are also several professional athletes on the roster, including Randall Cobb, Andrew East, Shawn Johnson East, Nick Young, Johnny Manziel and Christie Pearce Rampone, as well as influencers Mark Estes and Brianna LaPaglia. Season 4 will find the recruits training in Morocco, with one major twist being thrown into the mix: 'some recruits will arrive in pairs consisting of spouses and family members, but will compete individually,' reads the official logline. 'All recruits must learn the art of getting comfortable with being uncomfortable as they are faced with training challenges across the country's expansive desert terrain. … These celebrities, who are so used to being in the spotlight, will quickly learn the meaning of 'no guts, no glory' — and no glam.' Special Forces: Worlds Toughest Test Season 4 premieres Thursday, Sept. 25 at 9/8c. Are you surprised to see Smollett back on Fox? Which of the other 17 names grabbed your attention? And what do you think of that big twist? Drop a comment with your thoughts below. 1. Kody Brown 2. Brittany Cartwright 3. Randall Cobb 4. Eric Decker 5. Jessie James Decker 6. Andrew East 7. Shawn Johnson East 8. Mark Estes 9. Gia Giudice 10. Teresa Giudice 11. Chanel Iman 12. Brianna LaPaglia 13. Ravi V. Patel 14. Christie Pearce Rampone 15. Johnny Manziel 16. Eva Marcille 17. Jussie Smollett 18. Nick Young Best of TVLine Stars Who Almost Played Other TV Roles — on Grey's Anatomy, NCIS, Lost, Gilmore Girls, Friends and Other Shows TV Stars Almost Cast in Other Roles Fall TV Preview: Who's In? Who's Out? Your Guide to Every Casting Move! Solve the daily Crossword
